What are universities for? with Marc Spooner

A small question!References and suggested readings:Marc Spooner and James McNinch, eds. 2026. Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities. University of Regina Press. Marc Spooner and James McNich, eds. 2018. Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education. University of Regina Press.Ellen Schrecker. 1986. No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities.AAUP’s 1915 Declaration and 1940 StatementMichael Atzmon, John Cheney-Lippold, Gary D. Krenz, and Melanie S. Tanielian, eds. 2026. In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis. Disobedience Press.Brian Soucek. 2026. The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education. University of Chicago Press. The Opinionated University episode with Brian Soucek Creating the AAUP episode with Hank Reichman Marc Spooner’s faculty pageText the show here!Support the showBrowse the American Campus bookshelf