All Episodes

Douglas Ginsburg: Renewing the Declaration's Promise

Emily Rounds: A Primer on Accreditation Reform

Ryan Bangert: The Arc of Religious Liberty in American History

Stephen Trachtenberg: A University President's Guide to Rebuilding the American Story

H.R. McMaster & John Hillen: Teaching Military History Reveals America’s Complexity and Character

Vincent Phillip Muñoz: Faith and Free Speech

Michael Auslin: The Making of a National Treasure

Aimee Guidera:  Higher Education and the Nation's Founding Aspirations

Mike Balow: Resisting MSU’s Crackdown on Dissent

Max Schanzenbach: An Insider’s Guide to Divestment

Mark T. Mitchell: How Patrick Henry College Sets the National Standard

David Rohrbacher: Inside New College’s Curriculum Turnaround

Lucas Morel: Frederick Douglass's Evolving View of Abraham Lincoln

Glenn Corn: A Former CIA Agent’s Case for Language Learning

Wagner, Colonialism, and K-Pop: How Language Learning Connects Us to Culture and History

David Eubanks: How Is Accreditation Broken (And How Can We Fix It?)

Thad Westbrook: Leading Higher Education Reform at the University of South Carolina

Lee Strang: Revitalizing Civics Education in the Buckeye State

Building Bridges for Higher Ed Accreditation Reform

Douglas Ginsburg & Deecy Gray: Teaching Civics Amid Academia’s Pushback

Richard Haass: Guarding Democracy by Teaching Civics

Free Speech Soars at GMU Law School

Reinvigorating Civil Discourse at M.I.T.

Civil Discourse Surges at UNC-Greensboro

John Hillen: American Civics and Student Leadership

Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi: Expanding Civil Discourse at Wilson Salem State University

Jane Calvert: The Imperative to Study America's Founding

Juniata College: Embracing Debate from the Campus to Classroom

Jon Hardister: Theory and Practice of Excellent University Governance

Ohio Senator Jerry Cirino: Fortifying Open Discourse in the Buckeye State

Mitch Daniels: The Heart of the Academic Enterprise

Joshua Dunn: Intellectual Diversity and Informed Patriotism

Aaron Sibarium - On the Record

Peter Skerry: Embracing Uncomfortable Campus Conversations

Alumni Free Speech Advocacy at MIT: Wayne Stargardt and Peter Bonilla

Core Texts in a Hispanic Context: A Special Spanish Episode of Higher Ed Now

Core Texts and Enduring Questions for Today’s Students

Confessions of a Black Conservative: Glenn Loury

Jonathan Turley: We Must Live Up to the Promise of Free Speech

Mark Dalhouse and Ari Miller: The Groundwork of Campus Civil Discourse

William B. Allen: Montesquieu, Madison, and the Mission of a Liberal Arts Education

Jeffrey Rosen: The Classics' Critical Role in Education

Teaching Students to Find Their Voice in Civil Discourse

Monica Guzman: "People Only Hear When They're Heard"

John Bolton: The Long Decline of Free Expression on Campus

Anika Prather: “Classical Education Helps Everyone Flourish”

Why Institutional Neutrality Matters

Glenn Loury: Defending the Cultural Inheritance of the Liberal Arts

George Will: Restoring the Value of an Academic Degree

Jay Bhattacharya: Free Expression and Unsettled Science

Nadine Strossen: Free Speech in a Time of Campus Crisis

Aayan Hirsi Ali: The Fight For Our Classrooms

Scott Walker: A Governor's Perspective on College Spending

A Higher Ed Reformation: Changing Campus Policy and Culture

Free Speech Barriers and Legal Remedies

Carole Hooven: Cancelled for Scientific Accuracy

Jonathan Marks: "Liberal Education Corrects Our Narrowness"

Student Voices: United By Our Differences

Richard Haass: Education and the Obligations of Citizenship

Eric Kaufmann: Academic Freedom Under Pressure

John Agresto: "The Death of Learning"

Chuck Davis: Alumni Rising

Jered Cooper: "A unique self-censorer

Dialogue, Discourse, and Democracy: Lindsay Hoffman and Timothy Shaffer

Diversity Done Wrong: The Unjust Firing of Dr. Tabia Lee

Transforming Campus Culture With Civil Discourse

Diversity Done Right

Jennifer Frey: Fundamental Questions in Liberal Education

Jenna Robinson: Pushing Higher Ed Reform In North Carolina

Amna Khalid: "DEI Inc." and the False Framework of Harm in Higher Ed

Matthew Hendricks: Tracking Dollars, Data, and Educational Outcomes

Lauren Noble: Strengthening Genuine Intellectual Diversity

Kenny Xu: An Inconvenient Minority

Edwin Meese: Education for Engaged Citizenship

Ilya Shapiro: The Perils of "Wrongthink"

Jonathan Zimmerman: The Case for Contention in Higher Ed

Adam Weinberg and Adam Davis: Igniting Civil Discourse on Campus

Emma Camp: "Speech Activists Can Certainly Make Waves"

Pano Kanelos: Reinventing the University

Justin Dyer: The Value of "Questions We Can't Answer"

Lindsey Burke: "If I Could Wave a Magic Wand"

Greg Jackson: The Magic of "History That Doesn't Suck"

Erec Smith: Anti-Racism and Free Black Thought

Roosevelt Montas: How the Great Books Speak to Everyone

Colin Diver: Breaking Ranks With the College Ranking System

Jacob Mchangama: "A global free speech recession"

John Chisholm: Exploring Holistic Diversity

Deondra Rose: Galvanizing Political Education and Discourse for Democracy

Mark Bauerlein: "The Dumbest Generation Grows Up"

Dorian Abbot: Merit, Fairness, and Equality

Nadine Strossen: Free Speech in the Crosshairs

Paul Carrese: Shaping Students into Citizens and Leaders

Gordon Wood: 1776: Out of Many, One

Ed Yingling - Pioneering the Alumni Free Speech Alliance

Robert McCrum: Shakespeare Ever Present

George Harne: Liberal Education and "The Symphony of Knowing"

Jonathan Rauch: Unpacking "The Constitution of Knowledge"

Abraham Unger: A Conservatory Model for Liberal Arts

John Altman: Keys to a Consequential Governing Board

John Altman: Keys to a Consequential Governing Board