Wisdom … Forgotten
The Council’s publication. Each issue takes one question a university leader is facing now and answers it with two books: sixty years of scholarship, read for the university of the future.
Not a review. A recovery.
Between 1965 and today, scholars diagnosed the pressures universities now face: rising demand, shifting purpose, institutions that resist the very reforms they need. Much of that work moved to the margins. Wisdom … Forgotten brings it back into the room where decisions are made.
In every issue, each co-founder takes one book. Not to review it. Not to summarize it. To read it against the question in front of a university leader today. The orientation is always forward; the source is always the past.
One question
An opening note sets the question both books will answer.
Two books
Two essays, one by each co-founder, each closing with a short note on the book itself.
Verified
Every quotation is checked against the page it comes from.
Chosen on merit
Books are selected for their lasting relevance, never for convenience or symbolism.
Two languages
Every issue is also set as a designed print edition, in English and in Turkish.
The archive.
Nine issues and two opening pieces, newest first. Read each issue here in full, or download its designed print edition in English or Turkish.
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The Unexamined Institution
Two mirrors the university has never quite been willing to hold.
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The Promise and the Drift
An open door is only the announcement of an intention.
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The Presidency at the Crossroads
The presidency at the crossroads of complexity and conscience.
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After Expertise
What does the university uniquely offer when knowledge has dispersed beyond its walls and expertise can be automated?
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The Questions We Keep Deferring
On learning, purpose, and the unexamined university.
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Two Obligations
The university that cannot transform will not survive.
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What Education Is Actually For
When purpose blurs, institutions build systems that work against education.
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Women Who Refused to Let Universities Off the Hook
What women knew about universities long before we asked.
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What Are Universities Actually For?
The wisdom was never lost. It was set aside.
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Wednesday May Change Everything
Announcing the first issue: two scholars, two books, one shared conviction.
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Introducing Wisdom … Forgotten
The future of the university will be shaped by those willing to connect yesterday’s wisdom to tomorrow’s possibilities.
Recommend a book.
The canon is not closed. If a book changed how you understand universities and deserves to be read again, the co-founders want to hear about it. Readers’ suggestions are considered for future issues and for the book series.
