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SUMMARY:“Promoting Healthy Public Deliberation About Academic Freedom in a Time
of Sociopolitical Fragmentation”
DESCRIPTION:Rampant misinformation and manufactured culture wars about h
igher education have dramatically fragmented longstanding bipartisan sup
port for colleges and universities in the United States. Higher educatio
n is now a source of prevalent sociopolitical polarization rather than c
ivic cooperation and trust-building. In this presentation\, Vivian will
argue that such developments threaten academic freedom itself (the freed
om of scholars to teach their specialties without censorship and the fre
edom of students to learn what they wish to learn in kind). As our natio
n marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, Vivia
n will explain why academic freedom has been essential to the American e
xperiment from the beginning and why defending it in a time of sociopoli
tical fragmentation is crucial to democracy writ large.\n\nBrad Vivian\,
professor of communication arts and sciences and director of undergradu
ate studies\, will present as part of the College of the Liberal Arts’ M
oments of Change: Fragmentation theme. Fragmentation is the latest theme
in the college’s year-long Moments of Change series\, which explores pi
votal ideas and moments that shape society.\n\nFor more details: https:/
/events.la.psu.edu/event/public-deliberation/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Rampant misinformation and manufactured culture wars about highe
r education have dramatically fragmented longstanding bipartisan support
for colleges and universities in the United States. Higher education is
now a source of prevalent sociopolitical polarization rather than civic
cooperation and trust-building. In this presentation, Vivian will argue
that such developments threaten academic freedom itself (the freedom of
scholars to teach their specialties without censorship and the freedom
of students to learn what they wish to learn in kind). As our nation mar
ks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Vivian will
explain why academic freedom has been essential to the American experim
ent from the beginning and why defending it in a time of sociopolitical
fragmentation is crucial to democracy writ large.
Brad Vivian, pro
fessor of communication arts and sciences and director of undergraduate
studies, will present as part of the College of the Liberal Arts’ Moment
s of Change: Fragmentation theme. Fragmentation is the latest theme in t
he college’s year-long Moments of Change series, which explores pivotal
ideas and moments that shape society.
For more details: https://events.la.p
su.edu/event/public-deliberation/
LOCATION:062 Willard Building
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