New #VaryingViewpoints episode! 🎙️ 🗣️

Learn about the transformative potential of #highereducation exemplified by the #HBCU tradition! 👏 🎓

In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, we invited John Silvanus Wilson Jr., author of Hope and Healing: Black Colleges and the Future of American Democracy and Visiting Lecturer at Morgan State University. John shares his background and higher education – having attended both Morehouse College and Harvard University. John emphasizes the need for higher education institutions to maximize and leverage both capital and character. He calls for a collective effort to save American Democracy, and segments this task into three parts: the Democracy Legacy, the Endowment Legacy, and the Encore Imperative. His core message emphasizes academic freedom, educational reform, and societal progress, highlighting the transformative potential of higher education exemplified by the HBCU tradition.

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