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Universities, Liberalism and Democracy: A Series By Persuasion

A Pedagogy of the Empowered
The left-wing cancellations of yesteryear teach us how to respond to the right-wing censorship of today.
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Eboo Patel
7
How I Learned To Stop Criticizing Everything
There are two directions higher education can take. Here’s why I chose pluralism.
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Eboo Patel
4
How To Fix DEI
The current system is broken. Here’s what truly inclusive institutions would look like.
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Rachel Kleinfeld
33
Reflections on the New Encampment Culture
There were many puzzling features of the recent protests. This coming year, universities must course correct—while protecting the right to dissent.
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David Bromwich
7
Raj Vinnakota on How to Stop Campus from Boiling Over
Yascha Mounk and Raj Vinnakota discuss how to build a healthy campus community (and keep it).
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Yascha Mounk
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43:07
Deep Reading Will Save Your Soul
Real learning has become impossible in universities. DIY programs offer a better way.
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William Deresiewicz
11
How To Put a Country Back Together
Here’s what young people need to know if they are to fix our social fabric.
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Eboo Patel
8
Against Mandatory DEI Statements
Ideological litmus tests have no place in academia.
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Randall Kennedy
10
Eboo Patel on Pluralism
Yascha Mounk and Eboo Patel discuss how interfaith work can serve as a model for engaging productively across differences.
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Yascha Mounk
3
1:10:13
Kwame Anthony Appiah on the Right—and Wrong—Way for Universities to Handle Identity
Yascha Mounk and Kwame Anthony Appiah discuss cultivating thick identities (and thick skins).
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Yascha Mounk
2
1:03:18
Larry Summers on What Went Wrong on Campus
Yascha Mounk and Larry Summers also discuss the promise and perils of artificial intelligence.
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1:08:49
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