Sounds like a big loss for the students, present and future, of U. Tulsa. Maybe not such a loss for Dr. Frey, though. I have a little less pessimism than you, John. I expect Dr. Frey will find that the ability to build a purposeful educational program is a skill valued by many, and, though the federally-funded higher educational model may be broken (whether the ongoing assault by its patron is the cause or a symptom may be disputed), the ability to help young people learn to think is always en vogue.
So unfortunate for all the students who were benefiting from this program -- and future students. I hope the program will be revived. My History and the Humanities classes in freshman year at Wesleyan University were some of my most formative educational experiences.
Please tell us that we can join that Sep 11 conversation remotely.
And, in an administrative aside, see if you can cajole Substack into a more nuanced symbol than the nice little “like-heart”: something that says “I share your deep concern, appreciate how well you’ve described it, and it breaks my heart to read it.” Something along those lines would get more meaningful feedback, doncha think?
Hi John, I am currently reading the new biography of William F. Buckley and see remarkable similarities with the issue you have described in Tulsa. Buckley was highly critical of Yale (where he won many honors) and its secularism as well as its liberal politics. I can’t help but think that Jen’s work in Tulsa may have been inspired somewhat by Buckley - a classical education; a humanities education. As a graduate of Wheaton College I have more and more appreciated the education I received there, preparing me for a life of teaching history and now writing poetry. - Jack Scott
I am so sorry to hear of this. Jen is one of the good ones. And Tulsa adds to its checkered history with the liberal arts.
Sounds like a big loss for the students, present and future, of U. Tulsa. Maybe not such a loss for Dr. Frey, though. I have a little less pessimism than you, John. I expect Dr. Frey will find that the ability to build a purposeful educational program is a skill valued by many, and, though the federally-funded higher educational model may be broken (whether the ongoing assault by its patron is the cause or a symptom may be disputed), the ability to help young people learn to think is always en vogue.
So unfortunate for all the students who were benefiting from this program -- and future students. I hope the program will be revived. My History and the Humanities classes in freshman year at Wesleyan University were some of my most formative educational experiences.
Please tell us that we can join that Sep 11 conversation remotely.
And, in an administrative aside, see if you can cajole Substack into a more nuanced symbol than the nice little “like-heart”: something that says “I share your deep concern, appreciate how well you’ve described it, and it breaks my heart to read it.” Something along those lines would get more meaningful feedback, doncha think?
Hi John, I am currently reading the new biography of William F. Buckley and see remarkable similarities with the issue you have described in Tulsa. Buckley was highly critical of Yale (where he won many honors) and its secularism as well as its liberal politics. I can’t help but think that Jen’s work in Tulsa may have been inspired somewhat by Buckley - a classical education; a humanities education. As a graduate of Wheaton College I have more and more appreciated the education I received there, preparing me for a life of teaching history and now writing poetry. - Jack Scott