Colleges donors are starting public fights with college administrators. At Deseret, I argue that's a good thing. Colleges should be contested spaces—they need to offer values-informed formation, not a generic education. It will be tempting for schools to keep spending on extraneous amenities to capture students, especially if they see them primarily as customers, not… Read More
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The Colleges Cheated First
At First Things, I'm writing about Chat-GPT and cheating in college. The core problem—students only have a reason to cheat if they think they have no need to learn. The cheating began with university administrators, when they started to substitute a credentialing process for an actual commitment to the formation of a particular kind of… Read More
Reckoning With Reality
I got to write for National Review on why vocational education and home economics should be part of everyone's education. These tracks are exercises in truth-telling and help make good citizens. In effect, our goods are leased, not owned. Even if we’ve paid for them outright, they are designed to be beyond us and to… Read More
You Don’t Get Apologia Like You Used To
"The best dialogue in Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away is the titular first one, which, like Plato’s own writings is being related after the fact, for the benefit of a new audience. Cheryl, Plato’s media escort for his speaking engagement at Google, is explaining her challenging afternoon to a friend over drinks.… Read More