Episode · The Rubin Report · 2023-01-24
Books mentioned on Is This the Future of Higher Education & College? | Stephen Blackwood | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Stephen Blackwood, the president of Ralston College, about how higher education has failed so many young people; how Jordan Peterson got involved with Ralston
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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God and Man at Yale
God and Man at Yale by William F.
Discussed“You can go back to, it's kind of an urtext for many small C conservatives, is William F. Buckley's "God and Man at Yale". It was written in 1950 or '51 or '52, or very early '50s. That's 70 years ago.”
Where to get it
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Closing of the American Mind
Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom is a sharply critical philosophical examination of modern higher education and the intellectual decay of contemporary Western culture.
Discussed“You can look at the most famous book in this regard, is Allan Bloom's "Closing of the American Mind", written in 1985. I mean, that's a long time ago.”
Where to get it
