What College Students Are Learning And Why
The public (and private) comments I received about my column last week–“Are Today’s Students Really Getting Worse?”–elicited some very passionate responses, both angry and supportive. One of the main...
View ArticleThe Ten Greatest Poets: What Is “Greatness” Anyway?
I’ve been impressed by the lists and comments readers have contributed–both on the site itself and in emails I’ve received. As I suspected, there is some general overlap on the lists and also a great...
View ArticleThree Cups of Tease? Greg Mortenson and the Fiction of Nonfiction
“It’s a beautiful story, and it’s a lie.” That’s Jon Krakauer, noted author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, talking to Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes Sunday. The lie he’s referring to is Greg...
View ArticleDo We Need College? / We Need College.
For most universities on the semester system, graduation has flung its mortarboard into the air and begun its glorious slumber. The poor students on quarters are still slogging away, but soon, they too...
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