In today’s Pope Center piece, English professor Sarah Adams argues that today’s college students (the “millenials”), although often derided for their indifference to serious reading and thinking, will respond favorably to the material in a classical liberal-arts curriculum.

I think she’s right. While some students will tune out (if they cannot avoid) a course that makes intellectual demands on them, others will rise to the challenge. That’s better than serving up pabulum to keep everyone content.