Schools that value student participation in the classroom, including the Shimer Great Books School, often refer to themselves as using “the Socratic method.” Some schools apply that term to a practice in which professors ask leading questions, guiding students toward

It is a pleasure to be interviewed as part of the Shimer alumn

I think it's fair to say that the development of democracy and our awareness of diversity developed hand in hand. Let me explain…

The year before I enrolled in the Shimer Great Books program, I was part of a student group at Wright College, my local community college in Chicago, that met weekly to discuss current political developments. I awaited our meetings with a lot of excitement.