Ask Christopher King. A junior at Harvard, Mr. King was accused of having ties to religious groups and as a result lost his bid to become president of the Undergraduate Council. Harvard is not alone in higher education's cloistered world of liberalspeak. In spite of America's profound prosperity, teenagers struggle for identity, significance, and purpose in a culture unable to provide a foundation for moral and intellectual truth. Last year, the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement in Teaching issued a scathing indictment of the status of undergraduate education.
Moral bankruptcy follows intellectual bankruptcy.
The fact that the college years are crucial for the development of moral priorities makes the failure of higher education a cause for alarm. Fortunately, some colleges fight upstream and provide an education of breadth and depth in an environment of spiritual and moral development, but these institutions are few. Harvard once provided such an education. Inscribed on an archway above a gate leading into the Harvard Yard, an early seal of Harvard is visible. On this coat of arms are two books turned upward, symbolizing the truth that can be discovered by study and the senses.