Glenn Ricketts

Glenn Ricketts, Ashley Thorne, Stephen H. Balch and Peter W. Wood

The Vanishing West traces the decline and near extinction of the Western Civilization history survey course in America’s top colleges and universities from 1964 to 2010.

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Glenn Ricketts

A review of Free Speech and Liberal Education: A Plea for Intellectual Diversity and Tolerance by Donald Downs.

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Glenn Ricketts

The Great Books of the Western Canon were once ubiquitous in American undergraduate education, the crucial entry way to humanity’s “Great Conversation” of ideas. That ended in the la......

• Western Civilization

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Glenn Ricketts

This major piece by Glenn Ricketts chronicling the history of the sustainability movement appeared in the "Sustainability" issue of Academic Questions (vol. 23, no. 1).

• Academic Questions
• Sustainability
• Environmentalism

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Glenn Ricketts

The National Association of Scholars mourns the passing of long-time member Aaron “Bill” Godfrey, who passed away earlier this month.

• In Memoriam

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Glenn Ricketts

If you’re looking for the magic remedy that will cure the present academic deficiencies that plague American higher education, please don’t expect to find it in online teaching.

• Online Education
• COVID-19

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Glenn Ricketts

Oregon affiliate president Bruce Gilley weighs in against proposed curricular changes.

• Legislation, State
• NAS Affiliates

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