Pano Kanelos, president of the University of Austin, returns to Higher Ed Now to explore the genesis of his institution with ACTA president Michael Poliakoff. This past summer, the University of Austin offered its first academic programming designed for students who were studying or starting out at other universities. “We wanted to be able to bring together students and faculty from across ideological boundaries,” says Kanelos, “and throw in front of them some of the most vexing questions of the day, questions around empire, or gender, or race, and create a circle of trust where these students and faculty, who differ in so many ways, find what I call the highest common denominator.”
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In this episode, Steve McGuire, ACTA’s Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom, interviews Justin Dyer, executive director of the Civitas Institute, which was recently established at the University of Texas (UT)–Austin.
ACTA’s chief of staff, Armand Alacbay, interviews Dr. Lindsey Burke, Ph.D., the director of the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Dr. Burke is well known for her role overseeing Heritage's research and policy work on issues pertaining to higher education reform. In this conversation, she discusses higher ed leadership in light of her recent appointment to the George Mason University Board of Visitors where it’s safe to say, she’ll have ample opportunities to apply her education policy research experience in a practical setting.
Higher Ed Now producer Doug Sprei teamed up with Jack Golden, an ACTA summer intern and rising senior at Hillsdale College, to interview Greg Jackson, professor at Utah Valley University and producer of History That Doesn’t Suck, one of the nation’s most compelling history podcasts. Professor Jackson’s podcast combines rigorous research with virtuoso production values and a dynamic approach to storytelling. With over 100 episodes available, History That Doesn’t Suckhas reinvented the genre and built a loyal audience of hundreds of thousands of listeners.
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