“As the minimum function of the administrator is ordering the means, so his highest function is discovering and clarifying and holding before his institution the vision of the end. As the qualifications for the administrator’s minimum function are courage, fortitude, justice, and prudence, so the qualification for his highest function is philosophical wisdom.
It is one [...]
“…a cultural life will exist outside the Church whether it exists inside or not. To be ignorant and simple now–not to be able to meet enemies on their own ground–would be to throw down our weapons, and to betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defence but us against the intellectual attacks of [...]
I was at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America last week in Dallas. Had a great time catching up with old friends and acquaintances while having the opportunity to share about IMPACT 360. One thing I’m always challenged by in talking with interested parents, prospective students, and pastors is what [...]
It’s no secret that academia is, and has been, dominated by politically and socially left-tilting faculty members. For years now David Horowitz has been the most prominent voice on this issue, and indeed at times has been a voice crying in the wilderness. This is not an argument for conservatives to avoid higher [...]
This past week at IMPACT 360 (www.impact360.net) saw the awakening of students’ critical thinking capacities as those were brought to bear on the subject of ethics. Too broad? For sure. This was an introductory module to ethics–specifically an introduction to the major systems of ethics, including deontology, utilitarianism and virtue ethics. [...]
Last evening a tornado ripped through the campus of Union University (www.uu.edu), IMPACT 360’s (www.impact360.net) academic partner. Having talked with one of our alums who is now taking his degree at Union, they are estimating the damage to the campus physical plant to be in the tens of millions. The good news [...]
For some time I’ve been aware of “Top 10 Party Colleges” lists, but today the Princeton Review threw me for a loop. They also publish their own Top 20 party schools list, but in the spirit of being fair and balanced, they also publish their own list of “Stone-Cold Sober” schools. Of course the absence [...]
Son of Westminster’s blogpost the other day on David Dockery and his blog interview on faith and learning in the Christian college inspired me to post something in the same vein, although what follows here is just a bit older by comparison. Noah Porter, president of Yale in the late nineteenth century, delivered the keynote address at [...]
In my years of working with college students–from freshmen to seniors–at least one thing is clear: they usually don’t know what to do with their leisure time. If they’re not in class or working on a paper, then they’re probably plugged in to their ipods, or perhaps chatting or gaming on the internet. Maybe even a [...]
Spring 2002 saw the conclusion of my doctoral coursework at Baylor University, and one of my seminar papers that semester focused on faith, learning and the concept of Baylor as a training grouds for proper citizen formation. As part of my research, I had the opportunity to interview (then) President Robert Sloan, who is now president [...]