Education
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Recovering the University’s Soul | 2026 Neuhaus Lecture
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the 2026 Neuhaus Lecture presented by Bishop Robert…
Ordinary Means, Extraordinary Ends
Although I have been on loan to Notre Dame at the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government…
Hochul’s Tax Credit and the Fight for Catholic School Choice
Give credit where it’s due. That’s the message New York governor Kathy Hochul seems to have embraced…
The End of Princeton’s Honor
On Monday, the Princeton University faculty voted overwhelmingly to end the 133-year-old tradition of unproctored examinations. Princeton…
Doing Justice While Making Catholic Schools Affordable
Before joining what once imagined itself the world’s greatest deliberative body, U.S. senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) was…
Can Yale Lead Reform?
In early April, Yale University released the “Report of the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Education.”…
The Education of Cole Tomas Allen
The most terrifying and telling contemporary piece of American writing is about a thousand words long. It…
How the SPLC Got into America’s Classrooms
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been indicted for a variety of crimes. To laymen, the…
Recovering the University’s Soul
The contemporary university is widely acknowledged to be in crisis. Loss of public confidence, relentless tuition increases,…
God and Man at MIT
The pamphleteers are hard to miss. They stand in front of the big doors of Lobby 7,…
The Word Became Flesh and Picked Up a Hammer
A year and a half ago, the College of St. Joseph the Worker, a new Catholic trade…
Life Lessons from a Basketball Coach (ft. Rob Jenkins)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Rob Jenkins joins…
How to Bring Back School Prayer
Though it was overshadowed by the reversal of Roe v. Wade the Friday before, the Supreme Court’s…
Living with Wittgenstein
In the autumn of 1944, Ludwig Wittgenstein noticed a young doctoral student in attendance at his lectures…
How Activism Gets Funded (ft. John Sailer)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, John Sailer joins…
