by Publius | May 13, 2017 | Grey Matter
By R.J. Snell (Source) In his widely discussed book Excellent Sheep, William Deresiewicz ponders why the interests and imagined possibilities of so many students tend to narrow rather than expand during higher education. As freshmen, he notes, many enter with big...
by Publius | Sep 1, 2016 | Grey Matter
By: Eric Metaxas (Source) | One academically rigorous, left leaning university has put its incoming freshmen on notice. It’s become so commonplace on American college campuses that it’s hardly news anymore. Students demanding “safe spaces,” where they aren’t...
by Publius | Oct 28, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Nick Gillespie | Faculty senate says “that shielding students from controversial material will deter them from becoming critical thinkers and responsible citizens.” The faculty senate at American University in Washington, D.C., has issued a...
by Prof. Jack | Oct 26, 2015 | Grey Matter
By David Desrosiers Dear Son, I address you as son and not “Ryan,” because at core I’m your father, not your friend. Father and son are roles that come with expectations. My job has always been to prepare you for self-government: to ensure that your heart, gray...
by Prof. Jack | Oct 19, 2015 | Grey Matter
By David Brooks | Many American universities were founded as religious institutions, explicitly designed to cultivate their students’ spiritual and moral natures. But over the course of the 20th century they became officially or effectively secular. Religious rituals...
