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The Universities and the American Crisis
By Ben SasseAmerican universities are descending into tribalism and anti-Semitism. To turn back the tide, we must rekindle the vision of the founders.
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The Perverse Microeconomics of the American University
By Michael HochbergEven in STEM fields, the forces that shape decision-making for students, faculty, and administrators push them towards academic mediocrity and leftist politics.
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To Make the Academic Desert Bloom, Look to Religion
By Ari BermanWhile the American university loses sight of its purpose, the future looks bright for faith-based schools.
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With No Easy Fixes for Middle East Studies, It’s Time for New Programs
By Robert SatloffBreaking out of a field notorious for poor scholarship and ideological capture by Israel-obsessive, activist faculty.
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The Campus Intifada Is a Golden Opportunity for Those Who Study Israel Seriously
By Avi ShilonThe spotlight on Israel should be seen as a chance to explain the country to those who misunderstand it.
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The Quest for Wisdom, Truth, and Virtue at the University of Dallas
By Jonathan J. SanfordA university is more than a set of departments, and an education is more than a set of facts. Wisdom is inextricable from the knowledge and exercise of moral virtues, and a true education must help shape both.
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Western Civilization and the Jews: A Shared History
By Steven H. FrankelEven our modern doubts about the West are products of the fruitful tension between Jerusalem and Athens. We cannot hope to understand ourselves without appreciating that tension and its intellectual history.
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Universities Need Teachers Who Want to Teach, and Students Willing to Learn
By Bella BrannonMake yourself a teacher, and get yourself a friend
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A College Guide for the Perplexed
By Eric Cohen, Samuel HelyarWith anti-Semitism on the rise and the humanities in decline, how can young Jews pick the right university?
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Rescuing the Classroom from the High-Tech Takeover
By Mathis Bitton, Jack SadlerDigital technology promised to free students. Instead, it threatens the extinction of education.
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For Today’s Children, Screens Are Becoming Formative Institutions
By Christine RosenPutting digital dynamite in the hands of babies.
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The Ed-Tech Revolution: A View from the Frontlines
By Miriam KrupkaTeenagers may love their smartphones, but they know intuitively that real learning doesn’t happen on screens.
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Standing Athwart the Ed-Tech Revolution
By Mathis Bitton, Jack SadlerJewish schools can illuminate the tradeoffs of screen-mediated learning, and show the country how to refocus on education’s higher purposes.
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Education in Reverence
By Wilfred M. McClayWhat better way to defeat the cynicism of today’s cultured despisers than by knowing their foundations better than they do themselves?
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In Defense of the Isolationist Jew
By Eli SpitzerInstead of placing ourselves as the main characters in another mighty civilization’s story, our task remains to plough our own furrow, and reap our own harvest.
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The Spirit of Jewish Classical Education
By Eric Cohen, Mitchell RocklinJewish teachings have shaped Western civilization from the beginning. How can Jews build schools that encourage the rising generation to take this responsibility seriously?
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No Zoom Window into the Soul: Notes on Teaching in the Time of COVID
By Yehuda HalperI lack the showmanship of America’s famous talk-radio hosts, but even Rush Limbaugh didn't try to teach Maimonides and al-Farabi on the radio.
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What Will Come of Jewish Education When Educators Have Ceded Their Authority?
By Eric CohenAmerican civilization seems to be undergoing a cultural crisis. What does this mean for the purpose and prospects of Jewish schools?
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New Technology Alone Won’t Save Jewish Education
By David FohrmanTechnology is the easy part. Getting young Jews to connect with the Book of Books, that's hard.
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The Policy Paths to the Jewish Schools of the Future
By Jason BedrickEven before the pandemic, Jewish families were turning to smaller and more independent methods of schooling. But they need legal and financial help.
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What Christians Can Learn from the Jewish Schools of the Future
By Ian LindquistHow traditionalist Christians and Jews can take advantage of this moment to renew classical and civic education.
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The Jewish Schools of the Future
By Eric CohenAfter the Great Disruption, a new renaissance can emerge, marrying Jewish classical education and novel technology, and confronting the cultural crisis with Jewish exceptionalism.
