Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Hillsdale deserves support.

***Despite personal and family relationships with Harvard, two other Ivies, Stanford and Illinois, and himself having taught at other places, Yoda contributes more to Hillsdale, with which he has no personal ties. Eschewing government money, Hillsdale invites speakers and publishes a free lecture/newsletter, Imprimis, worth reading every month and just seems more principled ( and "progressive", throughout its history ) than other academic institutions. Yoda didn't even know about the military angle until this column.***
http://tinyurl.com/rdgz7r
How Hillsdale Beats Harvard The Ivy school sells out its 'principles.' By WILLIAM MCGURN
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Mission Statement: Hillsdale College distinguishes itself from most other academic institutions by its rigorous, traditional core curriculum and its principled determination never to accept federal taxpayer funding. Hillsdale's core curriculum contains the essence of the classical liberal arts education. Through it, our students are introduced to the history, the philosophical and theological ideas, the works of literature, and the scientific discoveries that set Western Civilization apart. As explained in the Hillsdale mission statement, "The College considers itself a trustee of modern man's intellectual and spiritual inheritance from the Judeo-Christian faith and Greco-Roman culture, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale_College

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