M . is Titular Professor of International Relations and History at the Universidad de las Améri- cas-Puebla, where he also serves as Regent of Colegio José Gaos, President of the Council of Regents, and A Collegiate Way of Living Coordinator of the graduate program in United States Studies. Prior to his arrival at UDLA in 1997, he was for over twenty years Dean of Jonathan Edwards College and a teacher of history and American studies at Yale University. Originally from Houston, Texas, he holds a Ph.D. in American studies from Yale and has also Mark B. Ryan taught at Williams College. He can be reached by e- mail at M . is Titular Professor of International Relations and History at the Universidad de las Améri- cas-Puebla, where he also serves as Regent of Colegio José Gaos, President of the Council of Regents, and A Collegiate Way of Living Coordinator of the graduate program in United States Studies. Prior to his arrival at UDLA in 1997, he was for over twenty years Dean of Jonathan Edwards College and a teacher of history and American studies at Yale University. Originally from Houston, Texas, he holds a Ph.D. in American studies from Yale and has also Mark B. Ryan taught at Williams College. He can be reached by e- mail at A Collegiate Way of Living A Collegiate Way of Living Mark B. Ryan • 2001 This publication is made possible by the Jonathan Edwards Trust. Designed, set in type, and printed at the direction of the Yale University Printer and Yale University Reprographics and Imaging Services Front cover: Harkness Tower from the courtyard of Jonathan Edwards College; back cover: The Great Hall, Jonathan Edwards College ©2001 Yale University ISBN 0-9723669-0-3 Who lived with me through it all and who understood, celebrated, and shared in my passion for it Contents Foreword by Richard H. Brodhead 9 Preface and Acknowledgments 11 Part One Introduction: Yale’s Residential Colleges 17 Checking the Circles: Welcoming Remarks 25 Part Two The University: The Changing Shape of a Yale Education 35 The American Residential College: Genesis and Legacy 47 The Collegiate Way: Historical Purposes of Residential Colleges 59 Part Three Residential College Deanships: An Anniversary Celebration 77 Self and Curriculum: Growing through a Yale Education 85 Inner Life/Yale Life 93 Part Four : The College in the University 99 Self-Knowledge and Liberal Education 113 Heart and Intellect: The Dalai Lama at Yale 129 Coda Why J.E. Sux: The Spirit of a Residential College 143 Epilogue Internationalizing Residential Colleges: An Experience in Mexico 151