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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Warren Treadgold, “The University We Need: Reforming American Higher Education” (Encounter Books, 2018)
Description: Though many Americans, Republicans especially, regard universities as heavily disposed to the political left, few people understand how much this matters, how it happened, how deeply ideologically siloed the academy is, or what can be done about it. In The University We Need: Reforming American Higher Education (Encounter Books, 2018), Professor Warren Treadgold shows the crucial role of universities in American culture and politics, the causes of administrative bloat and inept academic hiring, the decline of teaching and research, and some possible ways of reversing the downward trend.
In addition to recommending policies to address issues such as...