
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
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Ideas | Liberal Arts | Civil Society. Campus Free Expression now @CICnotes launched @BPC_Bipartisan. Prof @williamandmary @stjohnscollege. Follow/RT≠endorsement
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AEI Education's Frederick M. Hess and Greg Fournier have a new Manhattan Institute issue brief out about how being a “full-time student” is at best a part-time job for most undergrads. 1/7 🧵manhattan.institute/article/what-d…


Off to day#2 of the Johns Hopkins University and American Enterprise Institute conference on “Civic Thought and Practice” in higher education. A core question of Day 1: “civics” has been a priority before in higher education, but hasn’t been sustained—Will the latest efforts last???


What is needed to be a good citizen? The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression's Dr. Leila Brammer's answer: Citizenship requires a certain kind of thinking... 💯That's why universities have a specific civic mission. From this past weekend's “Civic Thought and Practice” meeting hosted by SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and


What makes for a transformative first year seminar? Faculty are gathered to learn from each other about "the art of the first year seminar" at a conference co-sponsored by The Association for Core Texts and Courses and School of Public Affairs. As an ACTC board member, I was able to join the opening dinner!


Heard Christopher J. Scalia make the case that we would do do well read more novels -- his new book is a runway for those (not just conservatives!) aiming to get back into the novel-reading habit with sketches of novels and why they "work." Last night at American Enterprise Institute.



Read Liz Magill's account of the Dec. 5 hearing. Yes, Rep. Stefanik created a no-win situation. But the true problem was not what the presidents said, but the hypocrisy of their schools on free speech. Reporting by Evan Mandery in POLITICO Magazine. politico.com/news/magazine/…
