Eve Darian-Smith

“Higher education is teaching young people to think,” said Eve Darian-Smith, chair of global and international studies at the University of California, Irvine. “Its influence isn’t just confined to the ivory tower.” Campuses have helped foster social movements, like civil rights and Black Lives Matter. This role isn’t uniquely American, and neither is the pushback, said Darian-Smith, who has studied the backlash against higher education by conservative governments and groups globally.

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