This is our third annual "Making the most of college" (and university) issue. Drawing on their own experiences as students and mentors, our authors ask what kinds of practices and habits will open up the undergraduate years—as a time of learning to understand the world from the perspective of the wisdom of the Bible, as a time to make friends and find wise teachers, as a time to ask big questions and begin to discern a vocation, as a time of reflection and action. In addition, we are introduced to a contemporary artist and a Roman Catholic intellectual who influenced a generation of young people around the world.
What is education for? The development of character? Or, the acquisition of a marketable skill? These are not new questions. In ?Against the Sophists,?...