The leaders of tomorrow will be well versed in dead philosophers, according to a new database of college syllabi.
The Open Syllabus Project, a collection of over 1 million curricula from English-language colleges and universities over the past 15 years, released its data on Friday (Jan. 22). Plato, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Aristotle overwhelmingly dominate lists in the US, particularly at the top schools.
The required readings skew toward the humanities””science and engineering classes tend to assign fewer titles””and not surprisingly, toward the Western canon.
Fascinating–see what you make of the lists.