Modern universities are ignoring their civic duty to teach their students how to become engaged citizens. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni released a report in 2018 that showed … Continue reading “Did You Know? The Disappearance of Civic Education at Elite Colleges”
For almost a quarter century I have been a professor of economics at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. After years of working there, I have learned something about how … Continue reading “Life Among the Academic Radicals”
Editor’s Note: This is a condensed version of a speech Dr. Otteson gave at a January James G. Martin Center luncheon. Our topic today is the importance of intellectual diversity … Continue reading “Intellectual Diversity and Academic Professionalism”
A few weeks ago I went camping with some fellow members of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Young Americans for Liberty chapter. Whenever we get together, there … Continue reading “UNC-Chapel Hill’s Economics Program Lacks Historical Perspective”
With most academic fields, we know what they are about. Political science teaches about political systems and their workings; philosophy about how people have thought on questions such as ethics; literature courses have students read and contemplate worthwhile books.
After ten years, the program in philosophy, politics, and economics is growing well at both universities.