If higher education findsitself at a critical moment, it is because it has allowed self-understanding to become a matter of private concern. By concentrating almost exclusively on the acquisition of knowledge for instrumental purposes, education has lost its original goals. (Author)

A dean, convinced of the importance of the student as a person, makes a strong and candid critique of existing attitudes towards the student. (Editor)

Presented is a summary of the ancient Greek idea of education and how this idea relates to the question of vocational education vs the liberal arts in higher education today. The need for vocational education is acknowledged, but it is argued that a liberal education in some form is best in the long run. (JMD)

Our higher education system does not nurture the inner lives of students or help them acquire the self-understanding that is the basis for a satisfying life, nor does it provide the safe and nurturing environment people need in order to grow. What is needed is a more holistic way of conceiving education, one that accepts the importance of…