This issue explores approaches to claiming the narrative about the value of liberal education, with a focus on combining personal narratives and persuasive data to make the case to a range of different but overlapping audiences, including students, parents, colleagues, employers, and the public. Additional articles focus on interfaith literacy and the new American holy war, lessons for higher education from neuroscience and kindergartens, why assessment is good for faculty, hybrid course communities that improve student learning, and interdisciplinary writing and history courses as a social justice portal.