Is There a College Campus That Should Be Interrogating Ideas?

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Universities are places that should be interrogating ideas. But on the other hand, you have to raise those ideas with some sensitivity. There is a concern that fundamentalism or anti free speech sentiment is infiltrating college campuses. So how do you try to find that fruitful medium?

Enrollment is down for the first time in memory, and critics complain college is too expensive, too elitist, and too politicized. The economist Chris Paxson — who happens to be the president of Brown University — does not agree. (Part 3 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)