The topics below are the five forums selected at which our Campaign St. Lawrence guests participated. All guests l received an assignment to one of the forums, and appropriate advance reading material was mailed.

Forums: Issues in Higher Education

Are faculty teaching the right things and are students learning the right things in higher education today? Are we achieving the right outcomes? How is St. Lawrence doing in this area?

Readings:

"Peripheral Visions Towards a Geoethics of Citizenship"

"Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College"

Do college and universities in America have intercollegiate athletics right? What about
St. Lawrence?

Readings:

St. Lawrence Analysis of Athletes' Performance

Chapter 1, Reclaiming the Game

Does higher education in America cost too much? Recognizing that the cost is always much higher than the prices students and families pay, are the actual prices too high? What about St. Lawrence?

Reading:

"Why Can't a College Be More Like a Firm?

Is there too much preoccupation with diversity on college and university campuses today? About the right amount? Too little? When we think of diversity, what should we mean by the term? What about St. Lawrence?

Reading:

"Diversity Works: The Emerging Picture of How Students Benefit"

Is the American liberal arts college a dinosaur about to become extinct? Or does it have an enduring relevance?

Readings:

"Remarks on the Liberal Arts"

"The Threats to Liberal Arts Colleges"