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On Taking Emerson’S Good Advice: “If We But Know What To Do With It”, Jerry Herron
On Taking Emerson’S Good Advice: “If We But Know What To Do With It”, Jerry Herron
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive
In his 1837 essay “The American Scholar,” Ralph Waldo Emerson offers a challenge that is appropriate for honors practitioners today—namely, to figure out just how good a time this is to be doing the work we do. Honors students, faculty, and staff occupy every part of the institutions we call home, so we should take advantage of our position and of all we know about the measurable value added by our best practices to address the immediate challenges confronting us.