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WEEK OF MAY 19, 2025
** This Week on Higher Education
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** Oakeshott and Liberal Education
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By Elizabeth Corey, Ella C. Street, Eric S. Kos, & Elaine Sternberg, Liberty Matters ([link removed])
This Liberty Matters forum examines Michael Oakeshott’s conceptual distinction between civil and enterprise associations in relation to his philosophy of education. Drawing primarily from On Human Conduct and The Voice of Liberal Learning, the multi-part series investigates whether the university can be understood as a form of civil association and considers how best to preserve both liberal education and the university itself.
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** What is to be done with Higher Education?
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** “The biggest winner of an educational revolution would be society as a whole.” - Milton Friedman
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As we reflect on the evolution of higher education, we must ask: does it truly serve the broader interests of society, or has it increasingly mirrored the dynamics of modern politics and elite-driven agendas—often at the expense of rising costs and accessibility? Explore the complex dimensions of 21st-century higher education through the lens of Liberty Fund’s scholars and publications, examining its influence on civil discourse, the pursuit of intellectual inquiry, and the preservation of a free society.
** Articles
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** Are Government "Investments" in Higher Education Worthwhile? ([link removed])
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George Leef, Econlib ([link removed])
If government withdrew from subsidizing higher education, the principal losers would be professors and administrators whose activities are not sufficiently valuable to pass the test of the market.
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** Liberal Education & Human Flourishing ([link removed])
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Jennifer A. Frey, The Online Library of Liberty ([link removed])
A general, liberal arts education that focuses on classical texts is aimed at helping us gain the requisite self-knowledge to live well, and a truly higher and liberal education must address its students at this level if it wants to remain truly higher.
** Citizenship, Seminars, & the Declaration of Independence ([link removed])
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Charlotte Thomas, A Call to Liberty ([link removed])
To take the Declaration seriously in the sense of engaging it as an informed citizen, one needs to understand the ideas, institutions, and historical context.
** Is Higher Education Inherently Political? ([link removed])
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Noah Gould, Law & Liberty ([link removed])
Using legislative mandates in education risks making the same mistake as progressives who would fold all of human experience under the state.
** Minerva: An Experiment in Centrally Planned Education ([link removed])
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Arnold Kling, Econlib ([link removed])
Kling reviews the book Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education.
** Reform Higher Ed by Raising Standards ([link removed])
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James Hankins, Law & Liberty ([link removed])
If universities are to take their duty to educate students more seriously, some substantial redirection of current trends will be needed.
** Podcasts
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** Michael Munger on the Future of Higher Education ([link removed])
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Michael Munger and Russ Roberts, EconTalk ([link removed])
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** A Higher-Ed Renaissance? ([link removed])
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John Grove and James Hankins, The Law & Liberty Podcast ([link removed])
** Videos
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** A Conversation with Jacques Barzun ([link removed])
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The Online Library of Liberty, Intellectual Portrait Series ([link removed])
This interview with Jacques Barzun reflects on his long academic career and the movement of ideas he helped to shape through his seminal writings on liberal education in America.
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** Gordon Wood on Education ([link removed])
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Liberty Fund, A Call to Liberty ([link removed])
Historian Gordon Wood discusses the Founding Fathers' belief in the importance of education to the preservation of a republic.
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