Students don't know how to read. Let's coach them. timmuldoon.com/post/the-prof…

My lecture on Monday evening @BostonCollege, on @Pontifex's newest apostolic exhortation invoking the newest (38th) Doctor of the Church, John Henry Newman. timmuldoon.com/post/diakonia…

These brown bear cubs are making their own fun on a driftwood stump in Hallo Bay, Alaska.

Amelia F. Barnum ‘28: “Banning screens is an answer to students’ academic neglect: It would increase classroom engagement as well as create a culture where the benefits of in-person learning can be fully realized.” thecrimson.com/article/2025/…

"neither education in general nor any specific degree should derive its value from the narrowest vision of professional usefulness." @compactmag compactmag.com/article/the-c…

Veysey's book is important, but I'd argue that Clark Kerr's The Uses of the University is more significant for explaining where we are today, and Newman's Idea of a University is more important for thinking about where we must go. chronicle.com/article/the-bo…

"More than half of students (55 percent) who have used AI for coursework in the last year say it’s had mixed effects on their learning and critical thinking skills: It helps sometimes but can also make them think less deeply." insidehighered.com/news/stud…

A sobering reminder that young people need the guidance of wise mentors as they navigate AI and the wider digital landscape. nytimes.com/2025/08/26/techn…

College grads will need to distinguish their capabilities from those of machines. Discernment. Raising questions. Generating creative insights. Working cooperatively. In a word, Humanities.

“I think part of going to college is building [your] critical thinking.... It’s less about the development of skills and it really is [about] how do you become a critical thinker?” cnb.cx/47zE1cu

What I will be working on with students in the new semester. timmuldoon.com/post/reading-…

Ready to publish? @PSQuarterly is calling for papers on AI’s impact on politics and policy. Open to early-career scholars. Rolling deadline until September 10, 2025. Read more: oxford.ly/4fqRnK7 #Politics #AIinPolitics

"Has the solution been this easy the whole time?"

Conscientiousness will separate those who just survive from those who thrive in the 21st century. We can each decide which half of that divide we fall on — but ironically that will take some dedication. Here’s my article in full: ft.com/content/5cd77ef0-b546…

"The rapidly changing nature of work, especially with increasing use of [AI], demands adaptability, creativity, and the ability to think critically. These are precisely the qualities and skills the humanities instill in students..." mellon.org/voices/humanities… @MellonFdn

It's not every day I can claim to have written on two saints we celebrate on a single day! My chapter in this volume is titled "Newman and the Architecture of Knowledge in the Modern University." bloomsbury.com/us/john-henry…

Two decades ago my book "The Ignatian Workout" adapted Saint Ignatius of Loyola's "Spiritual Exercises" for a contemporary audience. It is good to invite God to shape our desires, thoughts, feelings, hopes, and actions to work toward some good in the world.

A Tribute to David Tracy churchlifejournal.nd.edu/art…

*Philosophers* I'm the book review editor at the Journal of Moral Philosophy. We have a pile of books looking for reviewers. If interested in reviewing a book in ethics/political/action that came out in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025, please keep reading. And please share this too! Requirements: Must have a Ph.D. in philosophy or be enrolled in a philosophy graduate program. Please email me at millerc@wfu.edu, attach your CV, and indicate the specific topic or area of philosophy in which you would like to review a book (or propose a specific book title). We have books from: @OUPPhilosophy @CambridgePhilos @CambUP_PHILNYUK @degruyter_brill @politybooks @BloomsburyPhilo @Routledge_Phil @PhilosophersEye @PrincetonUPress and other publishers.