Nina Yarbrough ’09 never dreamed she’d be a patron of the arts. The poet and playwright imagined she’d be on the other side, the one asking for money…
Berea College has not charged tuition since 1892, when it became ever clearer that the students the College was admitting could not afford it. So today, as the…
The Value of a Liberal Arts Education There are two types of people in the world—those who believe there are only two types of people and those who…
Dear Berea Alumni and Friends, In January, I asked, “What does it mean to be radical?” Who could have known that by March our world would be radically…
Imagine a scene somewhere in eastern Kentucky, around 1914. A tent revival is underway. The preacher speaks for a while, then relinquishes the pulpit to a college professor,…
Too Christian, not Christian enough It’s not rare in America that a liberal arts college is church-affiliated. It’s also not rare that a liberal arts college used to…