At the 22nd ATHENA Roundtable, experts and students addressed free expression and college costs, honoring Purdue’s Mitch Daniels with the Merrill Award. Accreditation reform progressed with important discussions on Capitol Hill and at the White House. The 10th anniversary of What Will They Learn? is celebrated alongside the release of Guarding the Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Hear by Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm. Xavier University’s Stephen S. Smith Center also joins as the newest Oasis of Excellence.
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In this episode of Radio Free Campus, co-hosts Steve McGuire and Justin Garrison talk with MIT philosopher Alex Byrne about efforts to cancel him for thinking differently about gender and sexuality—and then having the audacity to lend his expertise to the Department of Health and Human Services!
In lieu of a traditional acceptance speech, Philip Merrill Award winner Professor Nadine Strossen engaged in a colloquy with ACTA President Michael Poliakoff. In their compelling discussion, Professor Strosseneloquently illustrates the principles of free speech and open dialogue and why they are so essential for both liberal education and our democratic republic. Read the full […]
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