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Does the university have a future?
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Does the university have a future?

<p>The Rev. John Arthur Nunes, Ph.D., is a Lutheran pastor and senior fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, discusses the current challenges in higher education. </p><br><p>How can students be challenged to enter into the world of new ideas in an era when many students and administrators seem more concerned with affirming student identities and experience? What are the current challenges to academic freedom in the face of increasing pressure to censor ideas? How can campus leaders promote an environment of free inquiry? What bureaucratic obstacles exist to building student resilience? </p><br><p>In addition, Rev. Nunes considers the promise of creative disruption in the educational status quo by new institutions of higher learning, particularly within the humanities. How does a robust education in the humanities prepare students not only for a future world of work but all of life.</p><br><p>The conversation concludes with an illuminating discussion of the religious dimensions of current conflicts in higher education and how trust can be restored in damaged institutions.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/harvard-lecturer-blasted-by-colleague-for-defending-existence-of-biological-sex" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Harvard lecturer takes heat for defending existence of biological sex </a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/8/11/biology-lecturer-gender-comments-backlash/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Biology Lecturer’s Comments on Biological Sex Draw Backlash</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.uaustin.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Austin</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.acton.org/audio/pano-kanelos-university-austin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pano Kanelos on the University of Austin | Acton Line</a></p><br><p><a href="https://bipartisanpolicy.org/task-force-on-campus-free-expression/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Academic Leaders Task Force on Campus Free Expression</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Meant-More-Under-Ordinary/dp/0758665318/ref=sr_1_7?qid=1660586853&refinements=p_27:John+A.+Nunes&s=books&sr=1-7&text=John+A.+Nunes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meant for More: In, With. and Under the Ordinary | John Nunes</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wittenberg-Meets-World-Reimagining-Reformation/dp/0802873286/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2JQULAGP85G6N&keywords=john+nunes&qid=1660586805&rnid=2941120011&s=books&sprefix=john+nunes,aps,100&sr=1-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wittenberg Meets the World: Reimagining the Reformation at the Margins | Alberto L. Garcia</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Road-Character-David-Brooks/dp/0812983416/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2AW5E3UI8A598&keywords=the+road+to+character+by+david+brooks&qid=1660587635&sprefix=road+to+character,aps,83&sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Road to Character | David Brooks</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-after-Liberalism-Philosophers-Radical/dp/0300243111/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A World after Liberalism: Philosophers of the Radical Right | Matthew Rose</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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August 17, 202245m 20s

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Show Notes

The Rev. John Arthur Nunes, Ph.D., is a Lutheran pastor and senior fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, discusses the current challenges in higher education. 


How can students be challenged to enter into the world of new ideas in an era when many students and administrators seem more concerned with affirming student identities and experience? What are the current challenges to academic freedom in the face of increasing pressure to censor ideas? How can campus leaders promote an environment of free inquiry? What bureaucratic obstacles exist to building student resilience? 


In addition, Rev. Nunes considers the promise of creative disruption in the educational status quo by new institutions of higher learning, particularly within the humanities. How does a robust education in the humanities prepare students not only for a future world of work but all of life.


The conversation concludes with an illuminating discussion of the religious dimensions of current conflicts in higher education and how trust can be restored in damaged institutions.


Harvard lecturer takes heat for defending existence of biological sex 


Biology Lecturer’s Comments on Biological Sex Draw Backlash


University of Austin


Pano Kanelos on the University of Austin | Acton Line


Academic Leaders Task Force on Campus Free Expression


Meant for More: In, With. and Under the Ordinary | John Nunes


Wittenberg Meets the World: Reimagining the Reformation at the Margins | Alberto L. Garcia


The Road to Character | David Brooks


A World after Liberalism: Philosophers of the Radical Right | Matthew Rose



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.