“Modern transcendental idealism, Emersonianism, for instance, also seems to let God evaporate into abstract Ideality. Not a deity in concreto, not a superhuman person, but the immanent divinity in things, the essentially spiritual structure of the universe, is the object of the transcendentalist cult. In that address of the graduating class at Divinity College in 1838 which made Emerson famous, the frank expression of this worship of mere abstract laws was what made the scandal of the performance.” PersonsMadeSeemsSpiritualLawUniverseClassModernObjectsCollegeExpressionLetting GoWorshipPerformancesStructureMereInstanceAbstractDivinityAddressesGraduatesFrankIdealismCultScandalDeitiesTranscendentalSuperhumanGraduating Class Author:William James
“No institutions in modern society are better equipped to catalyze the necessary transition to a sustainable world than colleges and universities. They have access to the leaders of tomorrow and the leaders of today. What they do matters to the wider public.” WorldMatterTodayLeaderModernCollegeTomorrowInstitutionsEnvironmentalUniversityAccessTransitionSustainabilityModern SocietyColleges And UniversitiesLeaders Of Tomorrow Author:David W. Orr
“To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.” MenMindReasonTeachingModernCollegeBattleSurvivalHighestTestsPreservesEnduranceStakesWorth ItCollege Education Book:The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution Source: The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
“The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge.” LooksKnowledgeModernCollegeUniversityFactoriesBackwardsMedievalNew Knowledge Author:Thomas Huxley
“The show is escapism. If you look back to when I was in college, all the girls in the sorority houses were gathered around watching soap operas. That was the escapism, the show that was giving you something you couldn't have. Now, you go into any sorority house, there are 50 to 100 girls piled in watching The Bachelor. We are the modern-day soap opera.” IfsGivingLooksShowsGirlHouseModernCollegeOperaSoapEscapismBachelorsSoap OperasModern DaySorority Author:Chris Harrison
“The Hillary Clinton story basically is this. And see how similar this sounds to the old days before the modern era of feminism raised its head. You're a girl, you're a young woman, what do you do? You go off to college. That's what she did. Why do you go? To meet your husband. That's what she did. She wouldn't be where she is if it weren't for her husband.” IfsStoriesYoungGirlSoundFeminismModernCollegeHusbandClintonRaisedErasYoung WomenOld DaysYour HusbandModern EraOff To College Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In part, it's almost surely a failure of modern education, whether K through 12 or higher education, or really both. Barack Obama went to Ivy League institutions like Columbia, which are reputed to be among America's top colleges. And yet, this very recent product of those American institutions is not publicly articulating an appreciation of the American founding or the founders and their vision for America.” AmericaVisionModernCollegeProductsHigherInstitutionsAppreciationBarackLeagueFoundersFoundingIvyHigher EducationColumbiaIvy LeagueArticulatingModern Education Author:Paul Kengor