The purpose of education, stated on government websites, school websites, university websites, and education policy and reform websites was pretty much the same: "to better prepare students to compete in a global economy." That is, the purpose of education is almost universally believed to be purely utilitarian. One way or another, it’s a matter of vocational training. The old days of Latin, Greek, the classics, poetry, even history and literature are behind us now. Today computer science, technology, economics, accounting and engineering rule. After all, we have a global economy to run.
The purpose of education, however, has been debated since ancient times. Contrary to a utilitarian education Seneca who lived 4 BC to AD 64 wrote, “I respect no study, and deem no study good, which results in money-making.” And don’t forget that at the time, Rome had a global economy to run.
Dr. Tiffany Schubert joined the Wyoming Catholic College faculty this year to teach the heart of the liberal arts: the Trivium. Dr. Schubert has researched and taught on the nature of a liberal education and is our guest this week on The After Dinner Scholar.
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Augustine’s Confessions with Dr. Daniel Shields
Wyoming Catholic College and Technology with Dr. Kent Lasnoski
Pro-Life After Dobbs 2: The Arguments for Abortion Rights with Dr. Michael Bolin
Pro-Life After Dobbs 1: Humanae Vitae with Dr. Jeremy Holmes
Jesus Baptism and Ours with Prof. Kyle Washut
”Nativity” by John Donne with Dr. Glenn Arbery
Christmas Poems with Izzy Ecoff, Gregory Bowman, Catherine Stancliffe, Elizabeth Shepherd, and Jonathan Alllen
Caesar, Virgil, and The Aeneid with Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos
The Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception with Dr. Kent Lasnoski
”Fathers and Sons” with Dr. Tiffany Schubert
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Lumen Gentium and All Saints’ Day with Prof. Kyle Washut
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The Book of Exodus with Dr. Kent Lasnoski
The Philosophical Side of Theology: St. Thomas’s Compendium with Dr. Jeremy Holmes
Plutarch, Politics, and the Gracchi Brothers with Dr. Tiffany Schubert
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