Colleges Should Teach Their Own History
Teaching a college’s history is also an opportunity to instill school pride.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Why a College Should Teach Its Own History
For the past six years, I’ve taught a course at Cornell University on the institution’s history and its role in the context of higher education in America. Topics include Cornell’s founders and founding, student life, diversity and inclusion, unrest and activism, and finances and administration. Having observed more than 2,000 students in my classroom, I am a firm believer that one of the best investments a college can make is in teaching its own history.
Upon first glance, the course has little appeal — it’s only one credit, taught in the evening, and fulfills no requirements for most students. So why should other colleges take note?
Why a College Should Teach Its Own History (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Comments
This is a really good idea. Lots of surprises are in store for students of the Ivies.
Examples,
This motto, “Truth (Veritas) for Christ (Christo) and the Church (Ecclesiae),” was adopted by the Harvard trustees in 1692. This motto in its original formulation can be found in various places around the campus.
Brown U. was founded on the profits from the slave trade.
Lots of further examples can be found.
Regardless, the smug smiles won’t soon be wiped from liberal faces.