Review Essay: Paul Shrimpton, The Making of Men
In 1848 an Oxford don named Charles Daman, a close friend of John Henry Newman in their Oriel College days, penned a guide to aspiring students at Oxford. Titled Ten letters introductory to college...
View ArticleGuest post: two concepts of rationality, Francis M. McLaughlin
In the 1970s, while browsing in a Harvard Square bookstore, I found a thin volume with the intriguing title Guide for the Perplexed, a title similar to the title of the famous text of the medieval...
View ArticleCollege and vocation
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed recently interviewed Tim Clydesdale, professor of sociology at the College of New Jersey and author of the 2007 book The First Year Out: Understanding American...
View ArticlePope Francis address at Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Yesterday Pope Francis gave an address to representatives of schools and universities at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. Following is an excerpt which draws from his recent encyclical...
View ArticlePeer review and the sin of pride
There’s a recent fascinating story of a rising high-school freshman whose work exposed a professor’s myth. Ben Collins explains [link added]: In 2002, University of Illinois-Chicago history professor...
View ArticleTheologians as prophets
In his address to theologians in Argentina, Pope Francis said this: The theologian is a prophet. One of the great challenges posed in the contemporary world is not only the ease with which one can do...
View ArticleIn loco parentis
Xavier University of Louisiana produces more black medical school students than any other institution in the United States. More than big state schools, prestigious private schools, more than anyone....
View ArticleThe long view
I am reading a fine collection of essays entitled Christianity and the Disciplines, which invites scholars from many fields to address two questions: Methodologically, what shifts might occur in your...
View ArticlePluralism or catholicity?
Nicholas Kristof reflects intelligently on the problems faced by campuses like the University of Missouri and Yale, highlighting the balance between free speech and the embrace of pluralism. Of these...
View ArticleTranscendence
I place before you two quotes: one from a Columbia scholar who has studied American higher education, the other from Pope Francis. 1. First, Andrew Delbanco, from his book The Real American Dream, a...
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