Culture & Psychology
Safety Is Not The Goal: Why Boys Need Risk to Flourish
Parents who visit the all-boys school where I have been headmaster for the past 23 years are often shocked by the amount of freedom we give our students. Tree-climbing,...
Education
Teach Nuance and Pragmatism on Climate Change
As professors and teachers of any subject, it's our responsibility to teach students rigorous habits of mind, to make them aware of un-rigorous and...
Education
Fixing Higher Education: A Profectus Roundtable
As Americans’ confidence in higher education has plummeted and more universities face challenges related to budgetary constraints, enrollment declines, and questions about the value...
Business & Entrepeneurship
“The Business of You,” Personal Finance for Teenagers: An Interview with Chris Surprenant
The following is an interview conducted by Archbridge fellow and Profectus co-editor Justin Callais with Chris Surprenant, professor of ethics, strategy, and public policy...
Culture & Psychology
Getting Serious About Better Subcultures Part 2: Improving Educational Outcomes
In a previous article, I explained how we have neglected to focus on creating better subcultures as a path to providing superior educational outcomes....
Culture & Psychology
Getting Serious About Better Subcultures Part 1: Creating a Cultural Renaissance
Emerson said, “You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.”
The most promising means of improving social mobility and...
Culture & Psychology
If You Believe: How Meaning Can Improve College Outcomes
The path to a college degree can be tough. Sometimes, students face difficulties that shake their confidence in themselves and their ability to succeed....
Education
Disastrous Degree Inflation: An Interview with Preston Cooper
The following is an interview conducted by Archbridge Director of Programs Ben Wilterdink with Preston Cooper, a research fellow at the Foundation for Research...
Education
Bringing Humanity Back to Business Education
I have taught classes and met with students at business schools around the world. I have worked with thousands of business school graduates, mentoring...
Education
On Agency, Lost and Recovered
The most important skill to your child’s success and happiness is not taught in schools. It is not her ability to write a five-paragraph...
Education
Breaking Out of the College Box
Education has long been considered the great equalizer, enshrined in the minds of well-meaning researchers and policymakers as the mechanism by which Americans from...