Liberal Education as a Vocation: 19th Century Practices for 21st Century Institutions

Thomas Augst, New York University

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

The Fate of the Liberal Arts in the Neo-Liberal University: Adaptation, Critique, Re-Configuration

Donald E. Pease, Dartmouth College

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Getting to ‘Somewhere Else’ Without A Map: The Role of Liberal Arts Institutions in Addressing Educational Inequality in K-12 Schools

Joshua Bogin, Springfield Public Schools

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

What Merit Means: College Admissions, Race, and Inequality in the United States and Britain

Natasha Warikoo, Harvard University

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

The Critical Role Colleges Can Play in Stabilizing and Renewing Low-Income Communities Around Them, While Ground-truthing the Liberal Arts Experience

Rick Magder, Groundwork USA

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

The Fundamental Inequality

Randy Stoecker, University of Wisconsin

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Cultivating a New Generation of Social Justice Activists

Mark R. Warren

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Concluding Reflections: The Liberal Arts in an Unequal Society

David Peritz, Sarah Lawrence College

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM