Learning That Endures
Dr. Cara Rogers Stevens, Associate Professor of History and Dr. Greg McBreyer, Interim Provost and Associate Professor of Political ScienceShare
What it looks like to learn from people who love ideas.
Dr. Cara Rogers Stevens and Dr. Greg McBreyer offer a glimpse into the intellectual life at Ashland, where learning is both invitation and discipline. They reflect on curiosity, reading and the joy of serious thinking, not as abstract ideals but habits that shape how students approach the world.
Through stories of mentorship and formation, they share how great teaching doesn’t just deliver knowledge, it models how to seek it. It’s the quiet work of asking better questions, challenging assumptions and walking with students as they grow in mind and character.
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