Manifold | Richard Lowery: The War for American Universities — #17 @ManifoldPodcast | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
Richard Lowery is a professor of finance at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. In this conversation, he describes the ideological climate of his university and the consequent negative effects on undergraduate education and freedom of expression on campus.
Steve and Richard discuss:
0:00 Richard Lowery's academic and political background
9:01 Campus environment for academics and faculty members
12:19 Cultural and political dynamics at academic institutions
23:04 How students experience campus culture and political influences
32:13 Public awareness and interest in campus culture
35:50 What happened to the Liberty Institute at UT Austin
53:44 Donor influence
1:00:55 STEM professors: keep quiet, or else
1:08:25 Lowery on the future of US universities
Links:
Richard Lowery at UT Austin:
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/james-lowery/
National Review coverage:
nationalreview.com/corner/a-brave-prof-fights-the-woke-faculty-at-university-of-texas
Academic Freedom in Crisis:
infoproc.blogspot.com/2021/04/academic-freedom-in-crisis-punishment.html
Music used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.
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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.
Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on Twitter @hsu_steve.
Richard Lowery is a professor of finance at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. In this conversation, he describes the ideological climate of his university and the consequent negative effects on undergraduate education and freedom of expression on campus.
Steve and Richard discuss:
0:00 Richard Lowery's academic and political background
9:01 Campus environment for academics and faculty members
12:19 Cultural and political dynamics at academic institutions
23:04 How students experience campus culture and political influences
32:13 Public awareness and interest in campus culture
35:50 What happened to the Liberty Institute at UT Austin
53:44 Donor influence
1:00:55 STEM professors: keep quiet, or else
1:08:25 Lowery on the future of US universities
Links:
Richard Lowery at UT Austin:
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/james-lowery/
National Review coverage:
nationalreview.com/corner/a-brave-prof-fights-the-woke-faculty-at-university-of-texas
Academic Freedom in Crisis:
infoproc.blogspot.com/2021/04/academic-freedom-in-crisis-punishment.html
Music used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.
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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.
Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on Twitter @hsu_steve.
