Peter Berkowitz on Liberal Education and Our Illiberal Universities
Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Peter Berkowitz on the decline of liberal education in America and what might be done to remedy it. Click "Show more" to view all chapters. For more conversations, visit http://www.conversationswithbillkrist...
Chapter 1 (00:15 - 17:00): Our Illiberal Education
Chapter 2 (17:00 - 33:00): At Swarthmore, Jerusalem, and Yale
Chapter 3 (33:00 - 40:46): Teaching at Harvard
Chapter 4 (40:46 - 1:03:25): Political Correctness on Campus
Chapter 5 (1:03:25 - 1:19:03): How to Get an Education
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Peter Berkowitz is a leading scholar of political philosophy and American politics. In the conversation, Berkowitz discusses how our universities—due to a combination of political correctness and professional specialization—have neglected their core mission. Berkowitz and Kristol also consider what might be done to educate students where universities fail at the task. Finally, Berkowitz discusses his experience teaching liberal arts and fighting for their preservation on campus.
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