The Future of Civic Education and Universities

The Future of Civic Education and Universities

Join us for a timely discussion on the role of civic education in today’s university, featuring Robert Doar, President of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). President Doar will offer brief opening remarks, followed by a conversation with Benjamin Storey of AEI and Andrew Reeves, Director of the Weidenbaum Center. A reception will follow.

Featuring:

Robert Doar is President of the American Enterprise Institute. By supporting the extensive work of AEI scholars in areas including foreign and defense policy, education, the reform of key institutions, the US economy, and in opportunity and mobility studies, Mr. Doar has helped to solidify AEI’s position as a leading voice on the major issues facing the United States. While at AEI, Mr. Doar has served as a co-chair of the National Commission on Hunger and as a lead member of the AEI-Brookings Working Group on Poverty and Opportunity.

 

Benjamin Storey is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. At AEI, he focuses on the culture of higher education, the nature of liberal and civic education, and efforts to enhance viewpoint diversity on college and university campuses. Dr. Storey is the coauthor, with his wife, Jenna Siber Storey, of Why We are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment, published by Princeton University Press. 

 

Andrew Reeves is Director of the Weidenbaum Center, Professor of Political Science, and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor at Washington University. He is also a visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is an expert in American political institutions, presidential power, and democratic accountability. Reeves is the co-author of No Blank Check: The Origins and Consequences of Public Antipathy towards Presidential Power, published by Cambridge University Press. 

 

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