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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of History at Benedictine College

Benedictine College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of history to begin August 1, 2023.

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Call for Papers: Principia – A Journal of Classical Education

Principia: A Journal of Classical Education is currently accepting articles and book reviews for future issues.

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Apply Now: Instructional Assistant Professor of Civic Engagement and Community at the Honors College at the University of Houston

The University of Houston invites nominations and applications for a promotion-eligible Instructional Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2023.

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Apply Now: President, Wyoming Catholic College

Wyoming Catholic College, a unique institution of Catholic liberal arts education, seeks its next President to lead the institution into the coming years.

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Apply Now: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ashland University

The Department of History and Political Science at Ashland University invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor in American political thought.

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Providence College: What Do the Humanities Do?

On October 21, 2022, the Frederick Douglass Project at Providence College will host Eric Adler for a discussion of the humanities and why they matter: In the late nineteenth century, […]

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Apply Now: Dean of the Honors College at the University of Houston

The University of Houston invites nominations and applications for a new dean of the Honors College.

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John Agresto: The Death of Learning

JMC board member John Agresto has recently written a book, The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do about It.

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Apply Now: Lecturer of Great Books at the University of Houston

The Honors College at the University of Houston invites applications for a Lecturer to teach in its Human Situation sequence. Faculty in arts, humanities, and qualitative social sciences are welcome.

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Jacksonville State University: Joseph Knippenberg on “Forgetting or Denying ‘The Good, the True, and the Beautiful'”

The Tocqueville Lecture Series at Jacksonville State University, a JMC partner program, held a virtual presentation and Q&A with faculty partner Joseph Knippenberg: In this lecture, Dr. Knippenberg will discuss […]

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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of U.S. History at Bellarmine University

Bellarmine University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of American history to begin August 2022.

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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor of Great Books at Belmont Abbey College

Belmont Abbey Honors College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor position to begin August 1, 2022.

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Apply Now: Assistant Professor of of History and Politics at Ave Maria University

Ave Maria University invites applications for an Assistant Professor of History and Politics. All specializations within U.S. history and politics will be considered.

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Apply Now: Assistant Professor of Political Science at Christendom College

The Department of Political Science at Christendom College invites applications for an assistant professor of political science.

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Apply Now: Assistant Teaching Professor of Liberal Arts at Purdue University

The College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University is seeking experienced Assistant Teaching Professors (clinical positions) to offer courses in its Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program.

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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts at St. Mary’s College

St. Mary’s College is seeking a full-time tenure-track assistant professor for its Integral Program of Liberal Arts.

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Roosevelt MontĂĄs: Rescuing Socrates

JMC faculty partner Roosevelt MontĂĄs has recently authored a book, Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation.

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Apply Now: Visiting Instructor of Liberal Arts at Purdue University

The College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University invites applications for a one-year visiting instructor to begin August 2021.

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SUNY-Geneseo: The Meaning of Education in a Time of Political Turmoil

On April 8, 2021, the Forum on Constitutionalism and Democracy at SUNY-Geneseo, a JMC partner program, will host Lauren Hall and OlĂșfáșč́mi TĂĄĂ­wĂČ for a discussion of higher ed and political turmoil.

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Bipartisan Policy Center: Jonathan Marks’ Let’s Be Reasonable – A Conservative Case for Liberal Education

On February 11, 2021, the Bipartisan Policy Center will be hosting JMC fellow Jonathan Marks to speak on Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education.

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Apply Now: Teaching & Leadership Positions at Hillsdale College’s Barney Charter School Initiative

Hillsdale College works with colleges and universities across the country to place well educated college graduates in teaching positions while also maintaining a pipeline of potential school leaders.

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Shilo Brooks: Why Did the Wright Brothers Succeed?

JMC fellow Shilo Brooks has written an article for the Scientific American on the Wright brothers' success and how they achieved it.

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Kinder Institute: Thomas Jefferson’s Life of Learning and Law

On August 23, 2019, David Konig will speak at the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program, on Thomas Jefferson's view of education.

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Frederick Douglass Forum: What’s So Liberating about the Liberal Arts?

On March 15, 2019, the Frederick Douglass Forum at Linfield College held a symposium on liberal education and the American experiment.

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Job Opening: Editor at University Press of Kansas

University Press of Kansas is currently accepting applications for an Acquisitions Editor who will be responsible for acquiring publications in the humanities and social sciences.

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Frederick Douglass Forum: From Liberal Arts to Criminal Justice

On April 24, 2019, the Frederick Douglass Forum at Linfield College will host Lisa Hay, Oregon's Federal Public Defender, for a lecture on law, the liberal arts, and the criminal justice system.

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Job Opening: Tenure-Track at Arizona State University

Arizona State University is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Professor in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership.

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Frederick Douglass Forum: The Liberal Arts and Law

On March 5, 2019, the Frederick Douglass Forum at Linfield College will host Oregon Supreme Court Justice Thomas A. Balmer for a lecture on how the liberal arts prepared him for law school and beyond.

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Liberal Learning and Free Speech

JMC faculty partner and Co-Director of the UT Austin's Jefferson Center Lorraine Pangle will kick off the fall semester with a talk on liberal education.

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Should the University Be Practical or about Truth-Seeking?

JMC fellow Elizabeth Corey offers some reflections about the differing purposes of the university.

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Defending Liberal Education at Arizona State

Paul Carrese takes to the pen to defend ASU's astute liberal arts curriculum.

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Do the Liberal Arts Benefit Society?

JMC board member John Agresto will discuss the public utility of the liberal arts at Dartmouth.

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The Battleground of Higher Education

JMC fellow Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill writes about the liberal arts' potential comeback in higher education and the urgent need to continue advocating for them.

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Robert George and Cornel West on Civic Friendship

Professors Robert George and Cornel West recently visited Arizona State and Villanova to discuss civic friendship, liberal education, and free speech.

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The Abandonment of the Liberal Arts in Higher Education

Notre Dame Professor Christian Smith offers a critique of the socially-destructive patterns in higher education.

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Villanova Lecture: Robert George and Cornel West on the Liberal Arts

Professors Robert George and Cornel West will deliver a lecture on liberal arts education at Villanova on January 19, 2018.

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Mark Cuban: Liberal Arts is the Future

Abby Jackson writes for the "Business Insider"

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Stanford Students Call for Western Civilization Requirement

Undergraduates ask for debate to be held on campus

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“Require Western Civ Courses — and End College Dark Ages”

Peter Berkowitz in "Real Clear Politics"

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Marilynne Robinson Discusses Higher Education at Stanford

Novelist Marilynne Robinson warns Stanford audience against utilitarian trends in higher education

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Lecture Me. Really.

An op-ed in defense of lecturing in the humanities

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College Calculus

The New Yorker asks, "What's the real value of higher education?"

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Farewell to America’s Small Colleges

Moody's predicts trouble ahead for American liberal arts colleges

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What Good Is Liberal Education?

Barry Strauss confronts Fareed Zakaria's In Defense of a Liberal Education

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Liberal Education and American Democracy

JMC Fellow George Thomas on the liberal arts and American civic education

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Liberal Arts, a Lost Cause?

Interview with economist David W. Breneman on the state of the liberal arts in America

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Two College Presidents, on Higher Education

University presidents at Harvard and Lafayette College respond to worries about the utility of a liberal arts education

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US Recessions Reduce Demand for Liberal Arts Degrees

Study shows students choose "more challenging" majors in bad economic times

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The Suicide of the Liberal Arts

Agresto defends the liberal arts as a form of education that both complements and is complemented by vocational training

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A Science of Literature: Book Reviews

Ben Merriam considers several recent books on the trend towards digital humanities

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Linker – How to Save Liberal Arts Education

Damon Linker on how to protect liberal arts education in America

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Speakers Reflect on State of Liberal Arts

On the survival of the liberal arts.

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Sacred and Secular Approaches to Liberal Arts Education: A Conference at Rhodes

September 25 – September 27, 2014
at Rhodes College

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Bloomberg Assails Intolerance of Diversity of Ideas at Universities

"Great universities must not become predictably partisan. And a liberal arts education must not be an education in the art of liberalism."

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