The way that research emphasis has affected the educational process for underground is, i think, tis functional and dangerous a better way to say it. The humanities in modern american universe ties have left the field for the kind of education you and i have been talking about. They've turned to marxism or other post-modern disciplines. I think that liberal education to day exists in an intellectually hostile environment.
How do books change our lives? Educator and author Roosevelt Montás of Columbia University talks about his book Rescuing Socrates with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on his own educational and life journey, Montás shows how great books don't just teach us stuff--they get inside us and make us who we are.