This week the College of Humanities and Sciences of Harrison Middleton University admitted me to their Doctor of Education program. 60 credits from now (240 credits earned over the years) someone might greet me as they did Livingstone, the missionary to Africa, “Dr. Marshall, I presume.” I suppose if we bump into each other in the jungle, this would be appropriate, but Rodney is still fine with me. Besides, I am just beginning. To my delight, this Great Books based education will include readings from and about Moses, Plato, Aristotle, the Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament, Cicero and Quintilian, St. Augustine, Boethius, St. Patrick, Jerome, St. Aquinas, Groote and the Brothers of the Common Life, Bonaventure, Alfred the Great, Luther, Calvin, Kuyper, Dabney, Rushdoony, Pope John Paul and more. Really, this simply organizes intellectual pursuit and places me under fine tutors and mentors in order to bring back benefits to the future of Coram Deo Academy, its faculty, staff, parents, and students. Much thanks to God for the opportunity.
