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Can College Level the Playing Field?

Harry Brighouse and Hannah Bounds interview Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson about their book, Can College Level the Playing Field?: Higher Education in an Unequal Society (2022). Links: Book: Can College Level the Playing Field?: Higher Education in an Unequal…

Faculty and Social Media (Ethics in Higher Ed #3)

This is the first episode in a miniseries co-produced by Rebecca M. Taylor and Ashley Floyd Kuntz. Rebecca and Ashley are the editors of Ethics in Higher Education: Promoting Equity and Inclusion Through Case-Based Inquiry. This episode is about faculty using social media, hosted…

The Plumber Episode

How do you become a better college teacher? In this episode, Harry Brighouse, a philosophy professor at UW-Madison, and former UW student Grace Gecewicz discuss their experiences with bad teaching and how universities and individuals can improve that for both…

The Ethics of College Admissions

Jon Boeckenstedt is the Vice Provost of Enrollment Management at Oregon State University. He has thoughts about how we do--and should do--admissions. Here he is in conversation with philosopher of education Harry Brighouse. They discuss the purpose of enrollment management,…

The Right to Higher Education

Do we have a right to higher education? A conversation between  philosophers of education Harry Brighouse and Christopher Martin. What is the point of higher education? Why is there a right to higher education? Should education be compulsory after 18?…