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Optimism for (Some) U.S. Universities - with Will Inboden & Eric Cohen

2025/5/29
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Dan Senor:我观察到,佛罗里达大学正试图复兴高等教育中被忽视的学科,这些学科在过去很常见,但现在却缺失了。您能否谈谈您对高等教育缺失内容的失望,以及您试图构建的内容? Will Inboden:我非常感谢您对高等教育改革的关注。现代学术界的许多问题,至少部分原因是忽视了一些重要领域。自10月7日以来,美国和世界已经暴露了大学校园的腐朽和病态,这是几十年趋势的下游效应。近几十年来,人文和社会科学领域的重要领域衰落和边缘化。例如,历史学中,外交、军事、思想和宗教历史被边缘化,主要被社会历史取代,过度关注种族和性别,且常常带有意识形态色彩。英国文学中,莎士比亚、弥尔顿、乔叟、奥斯汀、狄更斯等经典作品的阅读和教学显著减少,取而代之的是更前卫的批判理论方法。政治学中,由于变得更加定量化和意识形态化,对古典政治理论的研究显著减少。这些领域的衰落和边缘化,被更具意识形态或政治化的方法所取代,导致了校园的激进化,以及不同观点或传统保守方法的减少和边缘化。许多本科生正在逃离这些领域。这些趋势是相互关联的。 Dan Senor:我了解到,在哈佛大学这样的顶尖大学,军事史等课程非常稀缺。 Will Inboden:是的,确实如此。即使在一些二流大学,这些领域的衰落和边缘化也始于顶尖大学,但它们为其他学术机构设定了很多议程。军事史课程通常不提供,或者以一种政治化的方式提供,例如关注二战中的性别和性取向叙事。这对于历史系来说是一个巨大的问题。 Dan Senor:一位犹太家长告诉我,他的女儿在宾夕法尼亚大学从未上过教授二战军事和外交历史的课程。 Will Inboden:让我再举一个例子。对于美国公民来说,理解美国革命和建国原则至关重要。几年前,我在德克萨斯大学教授硕士课程时,发现我的学生们对《独立宣言》一无所知。更糟糕的是,他们几乎都读过《1619项目》。这是一种扭曲。我们不应该只阅读《1619项目》,而忽略了重要的建国原则。

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This chapter discusses the decline of traditional humanities and social science fields in higher education, replaced by more politicized approaches. It highlights the lack of military history courses and the overemphasis on the 1619 Project as examples of this trend. The discussion emphasizes the need to revive classical approaches to these fields.
  • Neglect of traditional humanities and social sciences
  • Decline in military history courses
  • Overemphasis on race and gender in history
  • Lack of classical approaches to political theory
  • Rise of politicized approaches and critical theory

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Today’s episode:

We’ve spent a lot of time on this podcast lamenting what has gone wrong on U.S. college campuses and within higher education overall. But, there are initiatives being launched and new schools and departments being founded that should give students and aspiring students (and their families) a lot of hope.

Joining us today to discuss:

Will Inboden, professor and director of the Alexander Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. He is the author of a terrific book called: “The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink.” And, announced today, Will Inboden is the finalist to be the next Provost of University of Texas at Austin. 

Eric Cohen has been the CEO of Tikvah since 2007.  He started and serves as the publisher of Mosaic, and founded the journal called The New Atlantis. Tikvah has partnered with the Hamilton School at UF on a unique program that will be explored in this episode.  

To learn more about the Rosenthal-Levy Scholars Program (4-year scholarship to the Hamilton School) at the University of Florida: **https://rosenthallevyscholars.org/ **

The Peacemaker by Will Inboden: https://www.amazon.com/Peacemaker-Ronald-Reagan-World-Brink/dp/1524745898)

The New Atlantis: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/)

Mosaic Magazine: https://mosaicmagazine.com/)

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