Episode 45 - President Michael Benson, Eastern Kentucky University

Host Bill Goodman is joined by Dr. Michael Benson, President of Eastern Kentucky University. President Benson provides a thoughtful analysis of the current state of higher education in America, which you can read more about this fall in his new book, "College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy." President Benson urges the importance of investing in higher education through historic examples such as the Land Grant Act and the GI Bill. A friend of the humanities, Dr. Benson discusses the value of liberal arts training and the importance of higher education in Kentucky.