How a Tiny School Policy Changed Campus Culture

Описание: Is academic freedom under threat in today’s universities?

In this moderated panel discussion sponsored by ‪@HeterodoxAcademy‬ Jonathan Rauch, Mary Kate Cary, John Tomasi, and Rikki Schlott examine the growing pressures facing academic freedom and open debate in higher education. Drawing on years of experience across academia, journalism, and public policy, the panel explores political violence, cancellation dynamics, administrative overreach, and government intervention, asking whether universities are merely being stress-tested or are undergoing a deeper structural breakdown. The panel debates the erosion of faculty authority, ideological conformity on campus, and whether meaningful reform can emerge from within academia or must come from external pressure.

Touching on artificial intelligence, declining enrollment, and the weakening of civic and free-speech literacy, the discussion looks ahead to what the future of the university may hold if institutions fail to remain genuine marketplaces of ideas.

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Chapters -
00:00 Coming up next
00:39 Welcome and panel introductions
04:19 The Charlie Kirk killing and what it signals for campus speech
07:03 Cancel culture from both sides and the speech “consequences” debate
12:09 Government pressure on universities: reforms vs overreach
17:55 The role of faculty: who runs the university and who should
29:22 The future of higher education: enrollment, legitimacy, and incentives
36:24 AI and the credentialing crisis: what universities become next
40:06 Civics and free speech literacy: teaching students the rules
44:00 The deeper challenge: committing to free speech when it’s hardest