鈥榃hat鈥檚 up with higher education?鈥 topic of MSU 鈥楥onversations with a Humanist鈥 lecture series
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斘蘧∽试床杉 State鈥檚 Institute for the Humanities hosts this month its final presentation of the fall semester鈥 鈥淲hat鈥檚 up with Higher Education?鈥濃撯揳n in-depth review of the current crises and challenges facing higher education in the U.S. and part of the ongoing 鈥淐onversations with a Humanist鈥 lecture series.
Presented at 3 p.m., Nov. 30, in the fourth floor Grant Library Auditorium of MSU鈥檚 Mitchell Memorial Library, the conversation also will be streamed live on the Institute鈥檚 Facebook page at . The public is invited to participate in the conversation featuring two MSU panelists.
Panelists include Leigh Soares, assistant professor in MSU鈥檚 Department of History who specializes in the history of education鈥攕pecifically HBCUs in the 19th and early 20th centuries鈥攁nd Eric Moyen, an assistant vice president for student success and a historian and professor of higher education in MSU鈥檚 College of Education.
鈥淢any of us in higher education or who value higher education have become deeply concerned by recent events and remarks seeking to end academic freedom and reduce educational opportunities in this country,鈥 said Julia Osman, Institute for the Humanities director and associate professor of history. 鈥淲e will be guided by two people who not only see this problem from the inside, but can provide a long-term, academic perspective on this phenomenon.聽Dr. Moyen has written three books on the history of higher education in this country and currently serves in the Office of Student Success. Dr. Soares is an expert on higher education in the 19th-century, especially HBCUs, and she serves on the Committee of Academic Freedom for the Organization of American Historians.鈥澛
For additional information about the event, contact Osman at humanities@msstate.edu.
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