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A New Textbook of Americanism: STRIVE Q&A with Jonathan Hoenig

What does it mean to be American? The question appears to be a simple one, but pose it to a…

Bad Ideas, Good Education: Navigating College with Purpose and Virtue

Higher education in the 21st century is a mixed bag if ever there was one. Fewer people than ever truly…

Set Yourself Apart

Set yourself apart. We’ve entered an interesting epoch in our history. We live in a time where there is an…

The Credibility Cartel: How Accreditation Leaves Students in the Dark

Students are increasingly concerned about high costs and decreasing quality in higher education. But a major cause of those problems,…

Two Visions of the West

The following is a letter to the editor from Mohamed Ali, a student of Physics at the University of Rochester. …

The Missing Link in Education

Kevin was a high school student returning to one of his middle school teachers for tutoring in biology. His assignment…

True or False: Your Truth is not My Truth

In a recent piece for The Asheboro Courier-Tribune, College of Charleston student, KimberMarie Faircloth asks the question: “What is truth?”…

Forget Hate, #Resist Collectivism

The #Resist movement is gaining steam on a simple narrative: Donald Trump’s election represents the triumph of bigotry. The man…

Is Donald Trump Really Selfish?

  Recently, several media outlets have made a connection between Ayn Rand and Donald Trump.  They have made this link…

To Love Or Not To Love Literature

This piece originally appeared in our Fall 2016 Magazine. In it, Celeste Hook, a freshman at Okanagan College in British…