SYMPOSIUM: Scholars and Educators in a Brave New World
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The Ciceronian Society, in its first ever Fall Symposium, will convene scholars, educators, clergy, entrepreneurs, “edupreneurs,” and others looking to rethink, reform, and restore institutions and strategies of moral, aesthetic, and intellectual formation for young adults, seniors, and everyone in between.
Join us in Holland, MI October 22-24.
All are welcome.
Sponsorship opportunities available: https://ciceroniansociety.org/fall-symposium/fall-symposium-sponsors/
Registration: https://ciceroniansociety.org/fall-symposium/fall-symposium-registration/
Program: https://ciceroniansociety.org/fall-symposium/fall-symposium-program/
THEME:
Higher Education in the Western world, and especially the United States, has reached a point of crisis. Declining enrollments and dwindling funds, unsustainable budgets, ideological polarization, and artificial intelligence increasingly undermine public and private institutions of intellectual and moral formation. Prospective students see less value in a college degree, distrust of scholars is commonplace, and universities struggle to retain students – especially men.
We do not lack compelling diagnoses of what produced this crisis. What we need now are hopeful and realistic ways forward. We need to take stock of what may be beyond repair, what needs to be restored, and where opportunities for innovation present themselves. Educators and scholars undoubtedly face daunting challenges, but despair is not an option. Too much is at stake for our generation and those to come.
James Madison observed that “knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” A people that wishes to remain both free and virtuous requires institutions committed to intellectual moral formation. By “formation,” we do not simply mean the acquisition of information and skills primarily for instrumental purposes of power and economic gain. Free people need to be virtuous as well as intelligent. They must be able to discern what is good, true, and beautiful. In keeping with our classical and Christian heritage, we recognize that ignorance is not strength, nor is it bliss. Vice and ignorance are slavery.
Join us in Holland, MI October 22-24.
All are welcome.
Sponsorship opportunities available: https://ciceroniansociety.org/fall-symposium/fall-symposium-sponsors/
Registration: https://ciceroniansociety.org/fall-symposium/fall-symposium-registration/
Program: https://ciceroniansociety.org/fall-symposium/fall-symposium-program/
THEME:
Higher Education in the Western world, and especially the United States, has reached a point of crisis. Declining enrollments and dwindling funds, unsustainable budgets, ideological polarization, and artificial intelligence increasingly undermine public and private institutions of intellectual and moral formation. Prospective students see less value in a college degree, distrust of scholars is commonplace, and universities struggle to retain students – especially men.
We do not lack compelling diagnoses of what produced this crisis. What we need now are hopeful and realistic ways forward. We need to take stock of what may be beyond repair, what needs to be restored, and where opportunities for innovation present themselves. Educators and scholars undoubtedly face daunting challenges, but despair is not an option. Too much is at stake for our generation and those to come.
James Madison observed that “knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” A people that wishes to remain both free and virtuous requires institutions committed to intellectual moral formation. By “formation,” we do not simply mean the acquisition of information and skills primarily for instrumental purposes of power and economic gain. Free people need to be virtuous as well as intelligent. They must be able to discern what is good, true, and beautiful. In keeping with our classical and Christian heritage, we recognize that ignorance is not strength, nor is it bliss. Vice and ignorance are slavery.
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Where is it happening?
Haworth Hotel at Hope College, 225 College Ave,Holland, Michigan, United States
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Host or PublisherThe Ciceronian Society
