Last time, I wrote about Dr. Alvis’ two questions of a liberal education. I have tried this idea on some of my colleagues, and some of them responded that they do something similar in their...

Your student has, undoubtedly, accomplished a great deal this semester. Many of them left their family and friends behind for the very first time, many moving to a brand-new state. For the very...

It’s crunch time. There’s no other way to say it. Students came back from turkey and stuffing to find something entirely different on their UD plates: the final push, the last texts to read,...

We were once discussing the Core Curriculum in a faculty meeting when Dr. John Alvis, always a clear-headed thinker who pierced to the heart of every question, stood up and said, “There are only...

I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was home from my first year of graduate school, and my younger brother David, four years behind me, was home from his first year of college. Thanksgiving...