Statesmanship and Democracy in a Global and Comparative Context
One of the most pressing and central problems in a democracy is that of political leadership. While it appears that democracy is a universally-lauded form of politics,…
Teaching the American Political Tradition in a Global Context
Education is the task of crafting the souls of students; it is never simply about conveying information so that students can enlarge their body of knowledge. While…
The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money
The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money. Bryan Caplan. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. According to Caplan, an…
The Future of University Credentials: New Developments at the Intersection of Higher Education and Learning
The Future of University Credentials: New Developments at the Intersection of Higher Education and Learning. Sean R. Gallagher. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 2016. Each year employers…
Making Sense of The College Curriculum: Faculty Stories of Change, Conflict, and Accommodation
Making Sense of The College Curriculum: Faculty Stories of Change, Conflict, and Accommodation. Robert Zemsky, Gregory R. Wegner, and Ann J. Duffield. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press,…
In Search of Meaning: Politics and Religion in Eric Voegelin’s Thought
Harvard Abigail Adams Institute is hosting a weekend seminar on the thought of Eric Voegelin on September 27-28, 2019. Eric Voegelin (1901–1985) was a German-American political scientist…
Liberal Learning and the Great Christian Tradition
Liberal Learning and the Great Christian Tradition. Gary W. Jenkins and Jonathan Yonan, eds. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2015. In the forward, Stratford Caldecott claims that education…
Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia
Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia. Scott C. Beardsley. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017. According to Beardsley, a revolution is taking place…
SoTL as a Subfield for Political Science Graduate Programs
Today the discipline of political science is faced with the challenges of demonstrating its public worth, finding employment for its doctoral students, and discovering a common language…
Teaching American Politics in the Modern University
You may be surprised to learn of the growing movement to dispense with the study of American politics as a distinct subfield of political science, but this…
Aristotelian Pluralism and Diversity: The Conditions for Civic Education and the Common Good
With the decline in social capital and the rise of the immigrant populace in the United States, there is renewed interest in civic education as a way…
A Philosophy of Prudence and the Purpose of Higher Education Today
In the past decade there have emerged several books that have spoken about the crisis in American higher education. However, what this crisis is and how do…
Higher Education: A Modest Proposal for Reform
The problem with reforms is that they almost always are thinly-veiled programs of revolutionary action. Sold as corrections of abuses, reforms generally aim to subvert existing institutions…
Timelessness of Proust: Reflections on In Search of Lost Time
Timelessness of Proust: Reflections on In Search of Lost Time. Charles R. Embry and Glenn Hughes, eds. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2019. This volume…
Raising Statesmen
In a democracy, we get the politicians we deserve. Apparently we deserve many leaders, but no statesmen. We may be happy or unhappy about the policies a…