In this week's podcast Elizabeth and Mike talk with Lee Jussim about the new "Princeton Principles for a Campus Culture of Free Inquiry." Lee, distinguished professor of psychology at Rutgers, joined an interdisciplinary group of professors from many institutions in creating a set of principles that offer contemporary guidelines for the revitalization of higher education's core mission. The document addresses the special and honorable duties of universities to foster freedom of thought and to actively avoid becoming political or ideological battlegrounds. We alternate between frustration, worry, and hope in our discussion and examples of the challenges ahead for ensuring access to a truly liberal education.

Podcast Notes

Princeton Principles:

https://jmp.princeton.edu/princeton-principles-campus-culture-free-inquiry

Chicago Statement:

https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/FOECommitteeReport.pdf

Kalven Report:

https://provost.uchicago.edu/reports/report-universitys-role-political-and-social-action

Political Compass:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/

Society for Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science:

https://openinquirybehavio.wixsite.com/oibs

Lee's Substack:

Unsafe ScienceSocial science, common sense, and skepticism applied to controversial topics, and occasional personal takes and twists.By Lee Jussim

Ep. 025: The Struggle Within: Campus Culture, Free Inquiry, and the New Princeton Principles | Lee Jussim