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 ________________________________ From: Teaching Breakfast List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Greenberg, Jim Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2018 2:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Article on Higher Ed. 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