Athens Adventures
July 21, 2018
Before I continue chronicling our trip, I wanted to report that The Beverly Review published an article about our trip while we were away: “Woman Makes Great Connections
News & Articles
The Adventures of The Great Connections in Greece and Italy Part 1
July 13, 2018
We read Will Durant’s The Life of Greece in preparation for our trip and it gave us a rich, rich background from which to understand the country
Tuition Skyrockets As You Make More Money
June 7, 2018
Alex Tabarrok at the Marginal Revolution blog analyses the huge price disparities in tuition for people of different income brackets here. This reduces income inequality and
What is “Enlightenment” Thought?
June 4, 2018
With recent books and articles being published on the Enlightenment, Iona Italia does a great job of providing us with a short primer on Enlightenment thought. “We
The Great Connections Newsletter May 2018
May 23, 2018
What’s Happening with the Gap Year Program We’re going to open The Great Connections Gap Year Program in the fall of 2019! We’re expanding our powerful
Shocking Growth of College Tuition
March 27, 2018
Only hospital service prices grew more than college tuition between 1997 and 2017 on this American Enterprise Institute chart. In contrast, prices for cell phones, cars and
Rise of the Classics
March 27, 2018
The Classics, or Great Books—weren’t they the dreck of dead white males? In the past few years, many have discovered otherwise and now there’s astonishing
The Great Connections Methodology
December 30, 2017
Great Connections Facilitators Marsha Familaro Enright and Andrew Humphries describe why the Great Connections methodology works so well.
The Great Connections’ Great Advantages
December 30, 2017
Ryan Griggs, details how students gain reasoning skills, self-confidence, and autonomy from The Great Connections Summer Program. Ryan earned his Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees in
What A Graduate Student Gained From Great Connections
December 30, 2017
Graduate student in economics, Mackenzie White, discusses how Great Connections reignited her interest in learning.
The Brightest Students Don’t Get Enough Attention
September 18, 2017
A new longitudinal study of 5,000 mathematically precocious children concludes — as I’ve long thought — that very smart students do not get enough attention in school.
Dynamic Board Members Join Great Connections
September 11, 2017
The Great Connections is excited to announce the enhancement of its higher education work by the addition of James Kandrac and Sable Levy to its Board of Trustees, and Malachy
The Transformative Experience of Great Connections
August 26, 2017
In this eight-minute interview, hear founder Marsha Familaro Enright explain the transformative elements of The Great Connections Seminar, which radically increases autonomy, self-confidence, and knowledge
Middlebury Students Use the Brownshirts’ Playbook
March 8, 2017
Make no mistake about it: the New Left has unleashed their minions on free speech via Nazi Brownshirt tactics and Middlebury College is a recent arena for
Does Mathematics Advance White Privilege?
October 26, 2016
University of Illinois professor Rochelle Guitierrez complains that the phrase “Pythagorean Theorem” and the cultural emphasis on math prejudices mathematics against non-white students. I guess she thinks these
Learn about the collectivist control of education
October 14, 2016
Bending children to the needs of the state goes back much farther than Common Core. Hear about the failure of public education to teach most
Report on Great Connections 2016
October 4, 2016
Editor’s Note: This is the text of a report to donors on the 2016 Great Connections Seminar. This July, our high school and graduate school
Employers Find Reasoning In Short Supply
September 7, 2016
“Companies across the U.S. say it is becoming increasingly difficult to find applicants who can communicate clearly, take initiative, problem-solve and get along with co-
Do We Need the Department of Education?
June 4, 2016
In the latest edition of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis, Charles Murray recently wrote an excellent piece entitled “Do We Need the Department of Education?” adapted from a 2011 speech of his.
Arthur Koestler on Education and the Sciences
April 4, 2016
From Arthur Koestler’s fascinating autobiography Arrow in the Blue, he describes the crucial reasons for what we do at The Great Connections: “For people who regard mathematics
Tutor Lauds Student Transformation
March 23, 2016
Last fall we received an email message in response to our report on the summer 2015 Great Connections seminar. This email was about Derick Ansah,