Pretty …

Photo: American Friends of Tel Aviv University One of the things that makes us human, I think, is an aesthetic sense, an appreciation of beauty. We like pretty things: it’s a part of who we are, and there’s nothing new about it. Archaeologists working at...

Study to show thyself passing …

The blog world is atwitter with news from a recent survey (the National Survey of Student Engagement) showing that today’s college students are studying considerably fewer hours than their predecessors did a generation or two ago. College was supposed to be hard...

Brains in chains

The struggles at Shorter University in Rome, Ga. were highlightd in the Washington Post this weekend, as the number of professors and administrators leaving the school continues to climb. Known as Shorter College for must of its life, the school was a stalwart Baptist...