You are director of columbia's corps curriculum for ten years. Some listeners won't know what that is. Columbias cor curriculum is the oldest thing of its type. Itin 20 19, celebrated its centennial. Its a set of required courses for all undergraduates in roughly speaking, western classics.
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.