A few weeks ago, I attended my daughter’s graduation from Princeton University. I was impressed with several events that occurred during the festivities. First of all, at several of the ceremonies, parents were thanked by Princeton administrators, professors and the students themselves for supporting their efforts. At previous graduations, I had never noticed explicit thanks offered to parents before – and it was appreciated.
More important were two other events. President of the University Shirley Tilghman gave a
stirring defense of a strong liberal arts education against the attacks of the data-driven corporate reformers and right-wing budget-cutters, who are continually devaluing the
