A More Principled Vision for Higher Learning

J. Grant Addison reviews Let’s Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education, by Jonathan Marks, at Education Next.

"His goal is to sway those inside of the academy to adopt a more principled vision for higher learning, but his defense of liberal education is also intended as a defense of colleges and universities themselves. As indicated by the book’s title, Marks, a conservative who is a professor of politics at Ursinus College, is also aiming his argument specifically at other conservatives, many of whom he fears have written off colleges and universities entirely as factories of leftist indoctrination. He writes from the perspective that higher education’s story is poorly told, and he rejects right-wing fatalism about colleges and universities."

Education Next includes this "Suggested citation format:"

Addison, J.G. (2021). A More Principled Vision for Higher Learning: Jonathan Marks urges a recommitment to reason. Education Next, 21(3), 72-75