With so much of American higher education under the control of leftists who think that education means indoctrination into their beliefs, it’s good news when a new college arises that simply offers a traditional liberal arts education.

In today’s Martin Center article, Keller Moore writes about John Adams College (JAC) in Utah.

He says:

JAC, formerly Mount Liberty College, was founded in 2019 by professors who were discontented with the college status quo. Tired of college being treated as mere career training, they built a new institution from scratch, dedicated to “preparing men and women to enter the world defending liberty, standing in humility, and upholding virtue.” JAC offers two degrees: a BA and an MA in classical liberal arts.

The college’s curriculum is built around great books, with professors who delve deeply into them with the students, who learn to read and write carefully. This isn’t the typical mass production of degrees for students who just want the credential.

Moore continues:

This Socratic seminar model works best with a small, tight-knit student body, and JAC’s intellectually mature group of scholars fits that description. The current cohort enjoys pursuing the academic life together, whether they are gathering at a professor’s house to share an end-of-term meal, hosting a poetry-reading night, or taking part in Book Day, browsing Provo’s used bookstores to see who can find the most interesting title. Students recently founded JAC’s refreshingly thoughtful student publication, the Rostra, as well as the school’s Turning Point USA and Intercollegiate Studies Institute chapters. They even staged their own production of the classic Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex.

A college worth considering and supporting.