Like many other freshmen, Emma Chowdhury (COL ’23) took “Problem of God” her first semester at Georgetown University. For the course’s first homework in the Buddhism unit, Chowdhury’s professor wanted ...

Meeting an author or artist is a rare enough privilege for a class. Time is limited and the exchange is often limited to a few prepared questions. The cultural class allows students to go beyond a ...

Do you get hot under the collar when some ignorant fool fails to see things your way on topics you deem of great importance? Of course not. In academia, we pride ourselves on expressing carefully ...

Engaging students in classroom dialogue about multicultural issues that respects the integrity of others' views, prepares them for the debate about these important-and often controversial-issues that ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Westmont College, located in Santa Barbara, Calif., is an undergraduate, residential, Christian, liberal arts community ...

Columbia University has taken the next step in its plan to add new multicultural classes to its core curriculum, the great books undergraduate program. The university announced it would spend $50 ...

In the last semester of my grade-school education, my priorities have become a little different than your typical high school senior. While most of my classmates are preoccupied with leaving behind ...