“The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality is that universities should be in the business of providing large spectacles of mass entertainment. The fundamental absurdity of that notion requires the promulgation of the various deceits necessary to carry it out.” ShouldCollegeMassInstitutionsFundamentalsNotionUniversityVariousEntertainmentDeceitProvidingAbsurdityAthleticsSpectaclesUnreality Author:Charlie Pierce
“Colleges, in like manner, have their indispensable office,--to teach elements. But they can only highly serve us, when they aim not to drill, but to create; when they gather from far every ray of various genius to their hospitable halls, and, by the concentrated fires, set the hearts of their youth on flame.” HeartEducationTeachFireYouthCollegeGeniusOfficeElementsAimVariousFlamesHallsRaysIndispensableDrills Book:The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A college which does not confer the knowledge of the Spiritual Reality to the students who are engaged in the pursuit of various material studies, is as barren as the sky without the moon, or a heart without peace, or a nation without reference to law.” HeartDoeRealitySpiritualLawNationsStudySkyStudentsCollegeMaterialsMoonVariousEducationalPursuitEngagedBarren Author:Sai Baba
“It's no understatement that the church has done a poor job in teaching our young people that reason and faith are not opposites, and that atheists are far from being on the side of reason. You can find on our website a chart which I use to demonstrate the various worldviews work out, and which one, Christianity, is rational. Many kids, however, who grow up huddled in a Christian environment find themselves in the university setting completely unequipped to defend the rationality of the Christian faith against the secular humanist worldview so prevalent on college campuses.” PeopleReasonDoneUseKidsChristianJobsYoungGrowsSidesChurchPoorChristianityGrowing UpEnvironmentTeachingCollegeOppositesUniversityAtheistVariousWork OutSettingRationalSettingsHumanistSecularRationalityWebsiteWorldviewCampusChristian FaithUnderstatementCollege Campus Author:Charles Colson
“Bill Cosby no longer on Temple University`s board. His name has been removed from various college scholarships and buildings. Two dozen colleges and universities have rescinded honorary degrees they gave him.” Has BeensTwoNamesBuildingCollegeDegreesBillsUniversityVariousBoardsTemplesDozenScholarshipColleges And UniversitiesHonorary Author:Melissa Harris-Perry