Dec 25, 2008
Before We Forget about Christmas
I'd like to share with you two Christmas postings that offer some insight into the state of higher education today.
First, the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy (which I head) came up with a wish list for Santa. We tend to be naughty (criticizing the establishment) so we may not get what we want, but we're giving Santa all next year to bring us our four stockings full of reform.
And, second, Rich Vedder reminds us how good a teacher Jesus was, even though untenured, and how the institution he founded keeps its focus, unlike modern institutions of higher learning, where anything goes.
First, the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy (which I head) came up with a wish list for Santa. We tend to be naughty (criticizing the establishment) so we may not get what we want, but we're giving Santa all next year to bring us our four stockings full of reform.
And, second, Rich Vedder reminds us how good a teacher Jesus was, even though untenured, and how the institution he founded keeps its focus, unlike modern institutions of higher learning, where anything goes.