With so many of our colleges and universities infected with leftism, it’s good news when a new institution opens with a mission of providing a sound liberal arts education free of politics.
In today’s Martin Center article, Stephen Blackwood discusses Ralston College, which he founded.
He writes:
The dozens of business leaders, academics and public intellectuals who have supported Ralston College since its incorporation in 2010 were never more persuaded of its mission than last fall, when several university presidents could not provide Congress with cogent explanations for how they had — or had not — responded to widespread protests on their campuses.
Opening in 2022, Ralston offers a Masters in Humanities and plans to begin an undergrad program in the near future.
Students begin with intensive language study — Greek. In Greece. The point is to enable students to read ancient texts with real comprehension. Blackwood continues: “The results we have seen are remarkable, providing not just the linguistic wherewithal to read Homer, Plato, and the Gospel of John, but also the tools to appreciate the precise meaning, the authorial style, and the peculiar aesthetic that each text necessarily possesses.”
Ralston already has its first graduates, and they are finding good employment in a variety of fields.