In the first ever bonus episode of the Compact Nation Podcast Andrew Seligsohn and Nancy Thomas explore the implications for faculty on academic freedom, and for students on free speech, in the recent ruling of Pompeo v. Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico by the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
As the case is explored, they discuss the relationship between democracy and higher education, as well as the fine line between free speech and academic freedom.
In the first-ever bonus episode of the Compact Nation Podcast Andrew Seligsohn and Nancy Thomas explore the implications for faculty on academic freedom, and for students on free speech, in the recent ruling of Pompeo v. Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico by the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. As the case is explored, they discuss the relationship between democracy and higher education, as well as the fine line between free speech and academic freedom.
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Nancy Thomas is the director of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University’s Tisch College and directs research on higher education’s role in American democracy, including the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE). She also currently serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Public Deliberation and senior associate with Everyday Democracy.
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