In today’s Martin Center article, Vivek Mathew writes about Chesterton House, a Christian community that’s thriving right next to Cornell University.

He writes:

Visit Chesterton House’s two-acre residential community (one of the largest intentional Christian communities in all of secular higher education, with 30-40 residents in any given semester, located steps away from Cornell’s campus), and you will find three bustling residential facilities. Inside, you’ll be greeted by the sound of hearty laughter, the smell of home-cooked meals being prepared by students in the kitchen, whiteboards filled with both problem sets from STEM classes and poetry and Bible verses, and books and magazines of the highbrow intelligentsia strewn about, as well as Christian publications such as First Things.

Chesterton House holds many events each year on Cornell’s campus, often with speakers and issues that would not find favor with many Cornell students and faculty. It’s a vibrant intellectual community. What’s more, Chesterton House is not alone — it’s part of a growing movement, building “an alternative vision of how higher education could look.”

A fascinating concept. Good luck!