Link to post on Teaching Matters blog: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/teaching-matters/the-good-life-of-the-university/  Introduction  Study with us for an extraordinary future, says the University of Edinburgh’s webpage. But what kind of future does a university education promise – one of personal growth, or merely a means to an end?  Universities themselves rarely address this question. When they do, their response …

Link to post on Teaching Matters blog: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/teaching-matters/unveiling-academic-practices-a-reflection-on-goods-and-virtues/ In this brief post, I turn to the concept of practice as articulated by the Scottish-American philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, and draw connections to academic study and the university classroom. I suggest that regarding what we and our students do as a practice – and the classroom as one of …