What’s the University for?

Spring Colloquium 2000

The Spring 2000 Colloquium Series, entitled “What’s the University For?” addressed the ways in which changes in the broader culture are affecting the culture of the university, the role of university and public intellectuals, and the moral purposes of the university.

FEATURING:

Mark Edmundson, University of Virginia.

Jackson Lears, Rutgers University.

Gerald Graff, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Russell Jacoby, UCLA.

George Marsden, Notre Dame University.

Julie Reuben, Harvard University.

Richard Rorty, Stanford University.

Papers from this colloquium were published in the Fall 2000 issue of The Hedgehog Review.