by jstewardfree | Jan 17, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Free Think U is proud to announce the top 3 prize winners in the Holiday Social Media Contest! After a close competition between many of the students, here’s how the judges determined the final breakdown: 1) Lydia Wallie 2) Justice Worden 3) Ashley...
by jstewardfree | Jan 16, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Publius | The wisdom tradition recognizes wise and unwise choices, and claims that knowing the difference is important. Do you prize wisdom? AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to www.freethinku.com to learn more about these course experiences,...
by jstewardfree | Jan 15, 2013 | Grey Matter
By J.A. Cauthen | A former history instructor at the Naval Academy reflects on the problems of the diversity obsession. Diversity, as commonly used by government, academia, and industry, has become so normalized that we are all expected to embrace it unquestioningly....
by jstewardfree | Jan 14, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Publius | This is the last of our three posts from Victor Davis Hanson’s essay on re-thinking the modern university. Imagine the concept of student loans transferred to the car industry (or, perhaps, just think Freddie and Fannie). The government would...
by jstewardfree | Jan 11, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Publius | One of the great treasures of our culture in the Christian West is our large collection of sermons. The following quote is taken from one of the great preachers in England in the 19th century, Mr. Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Combining a great literary...
by jstewardfree | Jan 10, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Publius | This is the second of three posts we are running to repost Victor Davis Hanson’s thoughts on the current state of our university system. Here he looks at tenure and diversity. The original idea was to encourage free thinking by ensuring faculty...