Dear Supporter of Liberty,
For
the first time ever, Hillsdale College is
offering a no-cost 10 week online Constitution course
based on the course Hillsdale College students must complete, in
order to graduate.
I am proud to be teaching part of our NEW Constitution
101 Course and hope YOU will be one of
my students!
Many in our country, particularly those in elected leadership,
have strayed from the principles of individual liberty and limited
government that the Constitution upholds.
That’s why Hillsdale College has launched one of its most
ambitious undertakings yet . . .
This course on the U.S. Constitution will be offered
online and at no charge to everyone who wants to understand and
defend the timeless principles of liberty upon which our nation
was founded!
"Constitution 101" began on February 20, 2012, and
concludes the week of April 30. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE, because it is archived
online, you can take each course at your leisure. The course
covers such topics as the Declaration of
Independence and its connection to the
Constitution, how the Constitution is structured
to protect individual liberty and ensure good government, the
crisis of constitutional government faced by Abraham Lincoln
during the Civil War, and its modern challenges during the
"Progressive" era.
It is my honor to teach the first class, "Introduction: The
American Mind," and the final class, "The Recovery of the
Constitution." All of the classes will be taught by Hillsdale
College professors — the top teachers in their field and the same
ones who instruct our students here on Hillsdale’s
campus.
Constitution 101
Schedule
|
- Introduction:
The
American Mind
Larry P.
ArnnMonday,
February 20
- The Declaration
of Independence
Thomas G. West
Monday,
February 27
- The Problem of
Majority Tyranny
David Bobb
Monday,
March 5
- Separation of
Powers:
Preventing
Tyranny
Kevin
Portteus
Monday, March 12
|
- Separation of
Powers: Ensuring Good Government
Will
Morrisey
Monday, March 19
- Religion,
Morality,
and Property
David
Bobb
Monday, March 26
- Crisis of
Constitutional Government
Will
Morrisey
Monday, April 2
|
- Abraham
Lincoln and the Constitution
Kevin
Portteus
Monday, April 9
- The
Progressive
Rejection of the
Founding
Ronald J. Pestritto
Monday, April
16
- The Recovery of
the Constitution
Larry P. Arnn
Monday,
April 23
|
As Hillsdale’s president, I have devoted my life to education,
helping students understand the meaning and history of the
American founding. Here at Hillsdale, we know that can only come
about through a close reading and study of our nation’s founding
documents, particularly the Declaration of Independence and
Constitution.
In recent years, Hillsdale has worked hard to expand its
educational outreach, teaching citizens and policy makers
(especially members of Congress and their staffs) about the
timeless truths contained in our nation’s founding documents. This
is a direct response to the way the Constitution is being ignored
and violated by our government.
After all, the Constitution is the supreme law of our nation,
the framework by which our country should be governed. Its
principles and structures are responsible for the greatest
government in human history.
Like you, I see the coming months as pivotal in the history of
our country. And I am deeply concerned about the future.
Will we as a nation succumb to bureaucratic
despotism, or will we take a stand for liberty?
The century-old attack on the Constitution, that continues
today, has threatened to undermine our hard-won liberties and is
reducing American citizens to subservience to an ever-expanding
federal bureaucracy.
Our choice of whether to recover the principles of liberty and
limited government under the Constitution will determine if we
will remain self-governing citizens or become dependent subjects
ruled by unelected bureaucrats.
That's why Hillsdale College is committed to restoring and
reviving the public's understanding of the Constitution, once
again making it the central focus of American
government.
As you probably know—especially if you listen to
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, or Mark Levin on the radio—Hillsdale
College is one of the few colleges or universities in the country
that requires all of its students, regardless of their major, to
complete a one-semester course on the U.S.
Constitution.
Over the years, many Hillsdale friends, even those who never
attended college here, have commented to me: "Dr. Arnn, I wish I
could take Hillsdale’s Constitution course."
In response to these requests, this past year, for the first
time ever, Hillsdale College offered a condensed "Introduction to
the Constitution" online course at no charge. Frankly, I wasn’t
sure what sort of a response a course like this would have. However, more than 180,000 people from all over the United
States registered for this program.
I was thrilled, not only by the reaction, but at what it
indicates: Americans are willing and eager to study and
defend the founding principles that made our country so
prosperous!
This re-awakening of national interest in the Constitution
comes not a minute too soon.
My Request to You
The course, available at no charge to the public, is not
without cost to Hillsdale. The College has already invested much
to make this landmark course a reality. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars have been committed to create and prepare the course for
one of the most far-reaching webcasts in our history . . . and to
mount a massive email, radio, and mail marketing campaign to
enroll an initial ONE MILLION course registrants.
To make "Constitution 101" available nationwide will cost
nearly $1,000,000. While a monumental expenditure for Hillsdale
College, it must be made if we are to reach as many citizens and
elected officials as possible during 2012.
ACTION STEP #3: Please forward this
email to friends and family and encourage them to enroll in
"Constitution 101."
For liberty to prevail, Americans must come to understand and
defend the Constitution.
And they must do so urgently.
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