Panel Discussion: Academic Freedom, DEI, & the Future of Higher Education
On On March 21st, Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics hosted a panel discussion on the impact of DEI on higher education. The event, sponsored by the FAS Civil Discourse Initiative, was part of the Civil Disagreements series and Harvard College’s Intellectual Vitality Initiative.
Moderator:
Christopher Robichaud - Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and Director of Pedagogical Innovation at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
Panelists:
Jeannie Suk Gersen – John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Stacy Hawkins – Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Amna Khalid – Associate Professor of History, Director of Asian Studies, Carleton College
Ilya Shapiro - Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute
From the event description:
“Increasingly, concerns about maintaining academic freedom are being pitted against the efforts of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on college campuses. In what ways can universities promote students, faculty, and staff wellbeing and cultivate belonging while remaining spaces for inquiry and free expression of ideas?…[This discussion] will bring together those who hold differing views on questions about academic freedom and DEI in higher education.”
