Active Listening and Independent Judgment
October 7, 2020
Be “careful not to ask [your] questions of the [students]. Only when they seek to answer questions which they themselves ask, do they commit themselves
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Developing Your Creativity—Essential to the Economy of the Future
September 29, 2020
“What I cannot create, I do not understand.” — Richard Feynman More and more jobs today are being automated—from automations that are basic such as
Why Bother With the Classic Great Books?
September 29, 2020
“You need not know of the doctrines and writings of the great masters of antiquity, you need not have heard of their names, none the
Your Young Spirit Needs Fuel
September 29, 2020
On the precipice of full adult life, the young adult needs answers to the great questions: “Why am I here?” “How should I live?” “What
Conversations with Marsha: Video Games and the Mind
September 27, 2020
Marsha interviews Jordan Zimmerman, and Mike Shapiro, who speak to their experience as gamers and how gaming significantly boosted their professional success and intellectual growth.
Conversations with Marsha: Mikkel Thorup on Growing Up In Canada’s Public School System
September 18, 2020
In this conversation, Marsha interviews Mikkel Thorup about his experience in Canada’s public school system. Mikkel relays the harrowing, painful moments which led him to
Why You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Hating Lectures
September 13, 2020
A long school career of lectures, drills, memorization, and teaching methods out of tune with learning needs usually turns most students away from enthusiastic learning
Conversations with Marsha: How the Great Connections Can Help You
September 2, 2020
In this third episode, Marsha visits with chemical engineer and musician Lucy Hair, mother of one of the first students who attended the Great Connections Summer
Conversations with Marsha: Dick Bishirjian on the Future of Online Education
August 19, 2020
Dick Bishirjian, head of the American Academy of Distance learning, http://www.academydl.com, was Founding President of one of the first online universities,Yorktown University from 2000-2016. Before
Conversations With Marsha: How to Improve Education
August 3, 2020
Marsha Enright, Founder and Director of The Great Connections Seminars of the RIF Institute, will host periodic conversations around contemporary topics, especially related to education, philosophy,
The Creative Destruction of COVID-19: How Higher Education Will Change For the Better
July 10, 2020
Marsha Familaro Enright gives young people a lot to chew on as they prepare college plans for a future that is decidedly much less certain,
The Great Connections Winter Programs and the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
February 8, 2020
View of Chicago from the Aon Building on East Randolph; NBC pyramid tower in the forefront, Marina City as cylindrical buildings, and Trump Tower the
New Books Worth Reading
September 6, 2019
I recently read two contemporary books which each offered uniquely enjoyable and inspiring experiences, and learned of a third I want to read! The first
Wanted: Art to Celebrate Achievements
May 31, 2019
Riace Warrior A THE RIACE BRONZES AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CAPITALISM BY MARSHA FAMILARO ENRIGHT I have loved the sculpture of the ancient Greeks since
The Great Connections is Everywhere! Podcast Interview, Radio Interview, WFMT and Real Clear Markets
May 18, 2019
Lennie Jarratt Interviews Marsha Familaro Enright How The Great Connections Leap Year Helps Build A Free Society You can hear me describe how we prepare
Montessori, Liberty, & Late Bloomers
May 3, 2019
MONTESSORI AND LIBERTY What’s the best way to teach and learn the ideas, values, and virtues needed in a free society? Is it enough to
Do Top Colleges Matter for Lifetime Success?
April 6, 2019
Thousands scramble to get into the Ivy League, Stanford, University of Chicago, and every other school considered elite. Is that the best strategy for picking
Scandals and Blueprints
March 21, 2019
A NEW SCANDAL – OR NOT? Isn’t the admissions scandal just a new variation on a long time practice of the universities? Wealthy, legacy children
Is Education In the Far East What It’s Cracked Up To Be?
March 6, 2019
I’ve spent most of my adult life examining the deficits of US education and tenure is one of the strong nails securing its coffin, as
Marsha Familaro Enright Interviewed at Online Great Books Podcast
February 20, 2019
I was recently interviewed by the founder of the marvelous Online Great Books program, Scott Hambrick. He talked to me about the childhood events that
Sanitizing a Classic
February 18, 2019
Sunny Arbarbanelli alerted me to the latest perversion of current culture: a version of Mark Twain’s famous anti-racism classic, Huckleberry Finn, in which offensive words