Mike talks with historical anthropologist Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor of UC Berkeley from 2013-2017, about his book City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University.Topics Include:- the public’s decline of faith in higher education- if higher ed is focused on the right kind of diversity- free speech as privileging dominant views- what elite institutions are doing with their massive endowments- rising education costs and administrative bloat at universities- if public universities should take positions on political issuesThe Politics Guys on Facebook | XAdditional InformationThe Politics Guys PodcastMore shows from The Democracy Group Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.