Is anything in liberal education nonnegotiable? In this EIA interview, Jim Sleeper, author of "Innocents Abroad: Liberal Educators in Illiberal Societies," published in the journal's summer 2015 issue, talks about how numerous American universities are testing these limits.
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IMAGE: EMPTY CLASSROOM. VIA FLICKR. COURTESY OF DON HARDER.
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