Interview: Reimagining Higher Education with Bard College President Leon Botstein

“Education and democracy are inextricably linked.” On this episode of the Future Hindsight podcast with Mila Atmos, President Botstein discusses the relationship between democracy and education, the bankruptcy of American education today, and the foundational pillars of high-quality education. “The pandemic has torn the mask off of the reality that we always knew was there but were afraid to admit: the near total bankruptcy of the American educational system,” President Botstein observes. “Our secondary system does not prepare our nation for citizenship and doesn’t prepare them for the world of work.”

Post Date: 12-22-2020