From the most recent edition of The Chronicle Review comes a compelling and must-read article by Tim Clydesdale, “Wake Up and Smell the New Epistemology,” about how today’s students approach education (not available online): “For decades, we professors and administrators drank deeply of notions like “knowledge for knowledge’s sake” and “the transformative power of the [...]
“So What?”: The Chronicle Review on The New Educational Epistemology
January 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A Gripping and Sobering Tale: Ron Chernow’s Biography of Rockefeller and the Lessons it Holds
May 6, 2008 By 3 Comments
About four years ago, economic historian Ron Chernow completed his multi-year work, Titan (Vintage, 2004). The book’s title mirrors its heft. This is nothing short of a titanic feat. In his capstone text, Chernow has delivered a rich, engrossing, exhaustively detailed portrait of one of history’s most fascinating economic figures, the oilman, John D. Rockefeller, [...]
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