St. John’s College, labeled by @nytimes as “The Most Contrarian College in America,” offers a unique model for higher education: two national campuses with focus on intellectual debate; a fervent great books curriculum; small class sizes; progressive tuition practices; and faculty who identify as “tutors,” learning alongside students. In this roundtable discussion for @TheCivilDiscourse, Host Paula Marantz Cohen converses with President Mark Roosevelt and former Dean J. Walter Sterling—both representing the Santa Fe, New Mexico campus of @stjohnscollege—about the institution’s distinct approach to education in the face of cultural trends. They address an effort to expand diversity of representation in its curriculum, ways to maintain knowledge acquisition in lieu of financial bloat, and the need for civil discourse in contemporary society.

Recorded April 27, 2023 through virtual conferencing (Philadelphia, PA, USA). This episode is a production of Marketing & Media, Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University.

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