Thank you, Jim, for sharing! (I, too, remained interested until I reached the end!)


Great reading for "First Day of Class" Eve


--Laura


Laura Dohner, Ph.D.

English Department, x2493


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TBers,



As the beginning of the semester nears, I couldn’t resist posting this here.  Ignore, enjoy, or be indifferent as you wish.  It kept my attention long enough for me to make it to the end.



A wild muddle<https://aeon.co/essays/have-elite-us-colleges-lost-their-moral-purpose-altogether>

The ethical formation of citizens was once at the heart of the US elite college. Has this moral purpose gone altogether?<https://aeon.co/essays/have-elite-us-colleges-lost-their-moral-purpose-altogether>

By Chad Wellmon<https://aeon.co/users/chad-wellmon>

associate professor of German studies at the University of Virginia.





Jim Greenberg