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As tuition, fees, housing, food and other expenses approach $400,000 at many colleges and universities, should you and your family assume that debt to buy a credential and four years of membership in a college community? The Education A college education once provided access to knowledge that was difficult or impossible to obtain anywhere else. That […]

This article is organized into four parts. Open any part below to see links to its sections. Part I — Rediscovering the Purpose of a Liberal Arts Education Introduction Many Small Private Colleges Face Extinction What Is a Small Private College Supposed to Do? Returning to First Principles The Trivium and the Foundations of Learning […]

Modern education often assumes that learning consists of acquiring information, but during most of Western history, educators believed that before students could learn history, science, mathematics, law, philosophy, or participate in public affairs, they first had to learn how to learn. They had to master the trivium, grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Together these disciplines taught students […]

A Bachelor of Arts degree has become irrelevant in the world job market of today. For many graduates, perhaps even most, the BA degree functions as nothing more than an overpriced admission ticket to the specialized professional schools students must attend if they want to enter fields such as law, medicine, or the other healthcare […]