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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 22, 20242 min read
Politicizing humanities leaves grads still seeking deep, impractical learning
Colleges have politicized the humanities, leaving graduates feeling cheated of a liberal arts education.
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Classical ed -- seen as 'a white child's education' -- is thriving in the Bronx
Are the liberal arts conservative?, asks Emma Green in a New Yorker story about the revival of "classical education." A growing number of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 27, 20232 min read
'Liberal arts' education is now 'classical,' which makes it 'right wing'
"Classical" charter schools are a right-wing plot to "destroy democratically governed public schools while turning back the clock of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 8, 20232 min read
If liberal arts are dying, is it suicide?
Liberal educators aren't making the case for liberal arts education, writes John Agresto, former president of St. John's College in Santa...
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