How much do I love Jacques Barzun? The exemplary historian and teacher, proponent of the Great Books tradition, Dean of Faculties and Provost at Columbia University for over a decade, who also graced the cover of Time magazine for a feature on American intellectuals, etc, etc, etc… wrote this about amateurs: A world of professionals [...]
higher education
This month’s Utne Reader has an article featuring yours truly; the subtitle includes a term that I used, somewhat spontaneously during an interview: “radical self-educators challenge the ‘tyranny of credentials.’” I’ll explain what I meant by “tyranny of credentials.” (Regular readers may remember the original article which appeared in full at Rabble.ca and TheTyee.ca, written [...]
I was glad to see Kevin writing on the strike at York U. I don’t usually take much of an interest in the annual strike there, but after reading Fulford’s remarks I had a few thoughts… Even gladder I was that Kevin and I are in broad agreement: ”education is essential… those on strike at York should have never had the [...]
