“Let Them Be Born in Wonder”. In North Carolina and elsewhere, the lessons of John Senior’s Integrated Humanities Program endure.

The 2025-26 academic year began with a fell note of doom for the humanities. Dr. Jenn Frey at Tulsa University had built a beautiful Honors College grounded on the Great Books, seminar discussion, and service learning (an experiential model intended to help students ground their intellectual discoveries in practical, hands-on service within specific communities). After taking her program to a position of national prominence, Frey was abruptly released from her deanship, and her program pivoted to look like every other program at every other college. ... There is another story happening at the same time, however, on the fringes of...