Build Your Own College #9: Another Curriculum

As a comparison, here is a curriculum that also intends to be a “Classical Liberal Arts Education,” from another school, St. Johns College. St. Johns adopted the “Great Books” approach, inspired by Mortimer Adler, in the 1930s. I don’t think its approach has changed much since then. Again, it is a unified curriculum, expressing certain Values and Goals, shared among a small tight-knit community. The overall impression is very different than the curriculum I presented. I give it here for contrast and comparison. I like my more practical, contemporary approach better, but nevertheless I have the impression that this curriculum maintains high standards and would be quite worthwhile, in its own way. Thus, I think it still has many advantages compared to the typical offerings of universities today, of dumbed-down disorganized mediocrity poisoned by Cultural Marxist garbage. The number of items is, generally, less than I presented. But, this could be balanced with more focus on each item, which is also a worthy and productive approach.

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