Making a Humanities Education Accessible to Everyone | Mark Makin and Tamara Tweel

In this episode, Jeremy Tate speaks with Mark Makin of the Torrey Honors College at Biola University and Tamara Tweel, the Senior Program Director of Civic Initiatives at The Teagle Foundation. They discuss the transformative effects of close reading and shared conversations around great texts and explore the Knowledge for Freedom initiative and Read Well, Live Well summer program at  Biola, which bring rigorous humanities seminars and college support to underserved high school students. 

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Learn more about the Knowledge for Freedom Programs at The Teagle Foundation Learn more about the Torrey Honor College’s Read Well, Live Well summer programPlato’s ApologyAugustine’s ConfessionsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGilead by Marilynne Robinson