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[quote=Anonymous]I graduated from the College of the University of Chicago, back in the days when the common core curriculum was fully intact, and the life of the mind was more than a mere slogan.

Today it is almost impossible to find a school that offers a traditional liberal arts curriculum.  Most colleges, including those that claim "elite" status, simply allow students to devise their own curricula.  And, as a result, there's not much coherent learning is going on.  Sadly, college has become little more than a credentialing exercise.

But the faculty love it that way.  They get to teach courses based upon their narrow research interests, and don't have to be bothered teaching foundational survey courses (e.g., Western civilization, U.S. history).

If I were doing it all over again today, and I wanted to attend a school where the objective of the academic mission is the search for truth, and where I could pursue a traditional liberal arts curriculum, then my choice would be Hillsdale College.[/quote]

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