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Should universities have opinions?
Manage episode 522261464 series 2455762
Our guest today has taken a long look at an out-of-fashion principle in higher learning – institutional neutrality. Basically it’s the importance of letting students and faculty say what they want, and not have the administration put its thumb on the scale. In that he sees a whole world of problems facing post-secondary education today, from public and political support to an ongoing court case.
Simon Lewsen is a magazine journalist who teaches part-time at the University of Toronto. His new story in Maclean’s is called “The Battle for the Soul of the University”.
For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
1948 episodes
Manage episode 522261464 series 2455762
Our guest today has taken a long look at an out-of-fashion principle in higher learning – institutional neutrality. Basically it’s the importance of letting students and faculty say what they want, and not have the administration put its thumb on the scale. In that he sees a whole world of problems facing post-secondary education today, from public and political support to an ongoing court case.
Simon Lewsen is a magazine journalist who teaches part-time at the University of Toronto. His new story in Maclean’s is called “The Battle for the Soul of the University”.
For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
1948 episodes
Alle Folgen
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