Purdue University President and former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels joins Sarah and Steve to talk about the state of higher education in America, wokeness on college campuses, and the national debt. Daniels explains Purdue’s new civics literacy test for all new students at the university, discusses his 2021 commencement speech and bringing back America’s “spirit of adventure,” and chats about riding into the ceremony on a motorized couch.

Show Notes:

-Purdue civics literacy test

-Mitch Daniels’ 2021 commencement speech

-FIRE study on college free speech

-Mitch Daniels rides Couch to Commencement

-Daniels op-ed regarding the national debt

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Mitch Daniels Talks Higher Ed