Carleton College President Emeritus, and current Professor of Political Science, Steven Poskanzer, is Joe Moravchik’s guest. Steve has researched and written a newly released book titled The University’s Voice: Principled Silence and Purposeful Speech. Joe and Steve discuss the book, and Joe will ask Steve: how often, as a college president, he received requests to speak publicly, and take a position on, a political, economic, moral or social issue; What “principled silence” means; Is it courageous for leadership of institutions not to take a formal stance on issues? And, on the other hand, are there times that a university president should absolutely speak out on political, economic, moral or social issues?” This and much more on this week’s episode of College on the Radio.
