I n 1917 and 1919, at the invitation of University of Munich students, Max Weber delivered two public lectures, “Science as a Vocation” and “Politics as a Vocation.” Why read these lectures today?

OF all questions that agitate the public mind, Education, in some phase or other, seems to give rise to the most versatile and everlasting discussion. One band of reformers keeps an unending vigil ...

There is a well-known idea that work in the service of the public counts, or should count, as a vocation, an idea dating from at least Max Weber, the German sociologist. Talk of a vocation can sound ...

True North is a web application and curriculum that helps prospective and current college students navigate transitions in college, career, and life. Originally a transformative, in-person curriculum, ...

This essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. In the marketplace that higher education has become, the nation’s largest ...