As I pulled into the campus parking lot last Wednesday morning it struck me that ambushes in Baghdad resemble those that plagued our troops in the jungles of Vietnam a generation ago. While I walked from the car to my … Continue reading
Education & Schools
National Education Association Fails Tolerance Test
Class, let’s match wits with the NEA. Answer the following multiple-choice question: Tolerance can best be defined as: a. the acceptance of the differing views of other people and fairness toward the people who hold different views b. active suppression … Continue reading
VISION & VALUES: Maintaining Liberty: A 21st Century Challenge
EDITOR’S NOTE: On January 25, 2003, Dr. Walter Williams delivered these remarks at Grove City College in the Sticht Lecture Hall at the dedication of the new Hall of Arts and Letters, a $21 million, 40-classroom building, which also houses the … Continue reading
VISION & VALUES: The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship
Editor’s Note: The following lecture was presented at Grove City College on September 6, 2001 as part of the 125th Anniversary Speaker Series. Introduction People who think Christian scholarship is outrageous may be divided, broadly speaking, into two camps. First there … Continue reading
VISION & VALUES: Higher Education and the Burger King Society
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. John H. Moore, president of Grove City College, delivered the following speech to The Discussion Club in St. Louis, Missouri, in March 2000. Introduction At a recent national meeting of college presidents, the keynoter, Sally Helgesen, spoke about … Continue reading
VISION & VALUES: Racial Preferences in Higher Education: What We Know
Introduction I opened my Grove City College Bulletin and the first thing I saw was a notice of a non-discriminatory policy. “Grove City College is a private educational institution. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, … Continue reading