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anthony kronman

Colleges ignore life’s biggest questions

September 11, 2008 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

Book cover for Education's End

Last fall Anthony Kronman, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale, kicked off the academic year with a Boston Globe  op-ed entitled Why are we here? Colleges ignore life's biggest questions, and we all pay the price.    In response, Comment hosted an excellent on-line  mini-symposium with several scholars including  Steven Garber (Director, Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture), Dr. James K. A. Smith (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College), and  Greg Veltman (Ph.D. Student, University of … [Read more...] about Colleges ignore life’s biggest questions

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy, The Purpose of Education Tagged With: anthony kronman, big questions, books, Comment, education's end, end of education, james k a smith, Steve Garber, vocation

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