The college’s second Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar begins Sunday and will examine the ideas of Austrian economics and its two most famous philosophers. Director of Programs for External Affairs Matt Bell said the point of the CCAs is to further the mission of the college in educating students and now a greater audience because...
On the whole, this week’s CCA on “Sports and Character” was a tremendous success, and a majority of the speakers seemed to be well-chosen and informative. Former all-star pitcher Curt Schilling, however, gave a lecture titled “Sports and Character” on Sunday night. Given his history of impropriety and hasty apologies, the decision to have Schilling...
When students turn in CCA papers every semester, they play Hillsdale’s version of Russian roulette. That’s because Hillsdale’s CCA paper grading system is neither reasonable nor transparent. The CCA grading system is anonymous. Students don’t know — or at least aren’t supposed to know — who grades their CCA papers. The system is also unpredictable....
Students say they are frustrated by one of campus’s biggest mysteries, according to a recent survey conducted by the Collegian. Students do not know who grades their papers for Center for Constructive Alternatives seminars, and they allege that the anonymity leads to inconsistent and what they believe to be unfair grading. The CCA office outsources...
The lecture notes have been taken, the stage cleared, the banners pulled down, and the Dow Center emptied. Another Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar has come and gone at Hillsdale College. With the exception of Monday’s fire alarm scare, this CCA looked much like those that of years past. As before, we gleaned the wisdom...