Many years ago, in the late ‘90s, three professors and I met with the undergraduate dean at Emory University to discuss a Great Books proposal. Steven Kautz, a political scientist, led the effort, and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Harvey Klehr, and I backed him up. The idea was to build a Great Books track within the undergraduate […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: The events discussed took place in Toronto, Canada, and therefore, this essay has been added to our Minding the World column. For more op-eds, analysis, and essays on higher education worldwide, visit the column. Over two thousand years ago, the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle wrote that the nature of a governing body […]| Minding The Campus