I had the pleasure of a wide-ranging conversation on June 23 with Robert Reich, economist, lawyer, professor, and former Secretary of Labor. In it he offered a passionate defense of higher education in the United State while also issuing stark warnings about the challenges higher education faces from within and without.
Reich, who has taught over 40,000 students since 1981 at Harvard, Brandeis and UC Berkeley, reflected on the joys and responsibilities of teaching, the importance of civil discourse, and the existential threats facing American higher education. “Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny,” he emphasized. “A well-educated…
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