liberal arts

And why won't all the worst people stop talking about it?

Advanced Placement courses are no recipe for igniting the intellect beyond high school. They’re a recipe for extinguishing it.

Robert Nisbet predicted the managerialism that has brought universities low. But he also saw a way out.

In the wake of the 2008 financial collapse, no undergraduate area of study has fallen off more than history.

Advanced Placement testing is "a money-making racket that lets states off the hook for underfunding education."

The right has had qualms about universities since the 1930s.

What we fight about when we fight about schools.

It's time to shift the social contract of education away from short-term job training toward long-term development.

It's not enough to say that they pick up critical thinking skills. It's time to offer evidence.