We All Live on Campus Now

Why is our discourse so fraught with fear? Why do so many choose silence as the path of least resistance? And why are the core concepts of a liberal society under attack? For journalist and media pioneer Andrew Sullivan, it boils down to this observation: What matters most of all in these colleges will quickly be what matters in society. And the elite universities' shift away from a liberal education and toward the imperatives of an identity-based "social justice" movement has placed the broader culture in danger of drifting away from liberal democracy. Sullivan doesn't doubt the good intentions of the new identity politics — to expand the opportunities for people previously excluded —, but he argues that what we experience now is far more than the liberal project of integrating minorities. It comes close to an attack on the liberal project itself. In this presentation, Sullivan digs into campus orthodoxy's impact on our broader culture — what began as campus habits and how they have permeated every facet of our culture and life. Additionally, he will discuss what we can do as individuals, leaders, and educational institutions to protect the ideals that are the bedrock of our nation.