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  • Distinguished Professor Christoph Irmscher writes timely piece on "viewpoint diversity" at American Universities.

Distinguished Professor Christoph Irmscher writes timely piece on "viewpoint diversity" at American Universities.

Friday, December 12, 2025

No one, whether you are right or left or middle-of-the-road or nothing at all, whether you are faculty or a student, should ever feel overly comfortable in college. Or, as Soucek puts it: “The point of education, and of rational argument more generally, is to change what people think.”

Read "The Klaven Trap" in its entirety on the Washington Monthly website here! 

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