Political Correctness - A God That Failed?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/29/Victor_Davis_Hanson_Where_the_University_Went_Wrong Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses problems he believes have risen from the advent of political correctness in the university. ----- Victor Davis Hanson discusses The Gods that Failed: Where the University Went Wrong. ... Read more
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- -: Political Correctness - A God That Failed?
June 6, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/29/Victor_Davis_Hanson_Where_the_University_Went_Wrong Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses problems he believes have risen from the advent of political correctness in the university. ----- Victor Davis Hanson discusses The G...
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- -: Will Google's Book Scan Project Transform Academia?
May 11, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/28/Great_Issues_Forum_Power_of_Education James J. Duderstadt discusses the University of Michigan's participation in Google's Book Scan project. Dunderstadt argues that academics are starting to realize that knowledge "should be given away to the world a...
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- -: The Low Quality of Higher Education?
March 29, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/26/Debate_Education_and_the_Economy A panel of experts discusses grade inflation and other perceived problems with America's education system. Michael Lomax, President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, argues for regulating accreditation more tig...
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- -: Science and the Humanities: Still "Two Cultures"?
May 10, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/12/In_Conversation_with_Ian_McEwan Reflecting on his stint at Caltech, novelist Ian McEwan argues that while math and science majors are often well-read, humanities students tend to know little about the sciences. "They know our stuff, but we don't know ...
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- -: The Classroom as a Sacred Space - Siva Vaidhyanathan
May 14, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/21/Siva_Vaidhyanathan_The_Classroom_Is_Sacred Siva Vaidhyanathan, media professor and author of The Googlization of Everything, describes the classroom as a sacred space. He calls the classroom "a fifth space," distinct from public space, private space, ...
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- -: Opening Up the Ivory Tower? Access and Academic Publishing
May 19, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/21/The_Digital_University_Whats_Next Brett Bobley, Chief Information Officer for the National Endowment for the Humanities, argues that academic publishing is too restricted to small groups of academics. Bobley claims that too much intellectual and monet...
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- -: Are Conservatives More Tolerant than Liberals?
September 29, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/09/Uncommon_Knowledge_Harvey_Mansfield Is conservatism closer to the mission of the university than liberalism? Are conservatives more tolerant than liberals? Harvard government professor Harvey Mansfield defends his two assertions, arguing that while li...
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- -: Old School: Universities Still Hotbed of Innovation
April 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_innovation MIT president Susan Hockfield defends the traditional higher learning system's ability to cultivate and foster innovation. Ideas still come out of the "culture of collaboration" found on college campuses, says Hockfiel...
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Ken Robinson: Schools Kill Creativity
February 1, 2006 (about 18 years ago)Ken Robinson talks of how our modern education systems have put creativity and the arts on the back burner for quite some time.
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