TED Talks
Liz Coleman: A call to reinvent liberal arts education
Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that...
TED Talks
Patrick Awuah: How to educate leaders? Liberal arts
A liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders, says university head Patrick Awuah -- because it builds decision-making skills, an ethical framework and a broad vision. Awuah himself left a career at Microsoft in the US to...
TED Talks
TED: Education is a fundamental right for every child | Makhtoum Abdalla
For children growing up in refugee camps, education is a powerful tool of liberation. In this inspiring talk, Makhtoum Abdalla, displaced as a child in Sudan and now living with his family in the Otash camp in Darfur, shares his biggest...
Curated Video
Liberals, Conservatives, and Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 412
This is it! The final episode of CC Literature season 4 is a deeper look at Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Today we'll explore the novel's take on materialism, and we'll talk about whether the novel has a liberal or conservative...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: One of the most "dangerous" men in American history | Keenan Norris
In 1830, David Walker sewed a pamphlet into the lining of a coat. The volume was thin enough to be hidden, but its content was far from insubstantial. At the time, many members of the US government considered this pamphlet to be one of...
All In One Social Media
What is MyCAA? - Military Spouse Education Grant
What is MyCAA ? - Military Spouse Education Grant // The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA) program provides up to $4,000 (over 2 years) of Financial Assistance for military spouses who are continuing their education by...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Molefi Kete Asante - Afrocentric Education
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante is Professor and Chair, Department of African American Studies at Temple University. Considered by his peers to be one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars, Asante has published 77 books, among the most...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yohuru Williams - Preserving Public Education
Described in Diverse Issues in Higher Education as “one of the most exciting scholars of his generation,” Dr. Yohuru Williams is the History Department Chair and the Director of Black Studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT. He...
The Atlantic
What Will a Liberal Arts Education Look Like in 50 Years?
At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of academics within some of America's top universities to weigh in on the fate of higher education. "We won't have liberal arts and sciences at all 50 years from now unless we really...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Chemay Morales-James - My Reflection Matters Black. Brown. Brilliant.
Chemay is a Social Liberation Coach and Parent Organizer with over 17 years of experience working as a social justice educator. After teaching in public schools, her work took a turn when she served nearly a decade as an equity coach for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Chemay Morales-James - Unschooling
Chemay is a Social Liberation Coach and Parent Organizer with over 17 years of experience working as a social justice educator. After teaching in public schools, her work took a turn when she served nearly a decade as an equity coach for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Michael S. Roth - Intellectual Diversity in Dangerous Times
Michael S. Roth '78 became the 16th president of Wesleyan University on July 1, 2007 Formerly president of California College of the Arts (CCA), Roth is known as a historian, curator, author and public advocate for liberal education. A...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Martinez HoSang - How Struggles for Racial Justice Liberate Everyone Part 2
Daniel Martinez HoSang is Professor of Ethnicity Race and Migration and American Studies and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Political Science and serves on the Education Studies Advisory Committee. His most recent...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Martinez HoSang - How Struggles for Racial Justice Liberate Everyone Part 1
Daniel Martinez HoSang is Professor of Ethnicity Race and Migration and American Studies and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Political Science and serves on the Education Studies Advisory Committee. His most recent...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ira Shor - Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change
Ira Shor received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He was a professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, where he taught composition and rhetoric. He was also doctoral faculty in the PhD Program in...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yascha Mounk - The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values. Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity College Cambridge...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Derald Wing Sue - Microaggressions in Everyday Life
Born in Portland, OR, Dr. Derald Wing Sue is the son of parents who emigrated from China. Early childhood memories of being teased due to his ethnicity lead to his fascination with human behavior. His deep interest and passion led him to...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The rise of modern populism | Takis S. Pappas
In many democratic countries, charismatic leaders vilify political opponents, disparage institutions, and claim to be for the people. Some critics label this approach as authoritarian or fascist, while others argue that these leaders are...
TED Talks
TED: An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word | Kate Lister
With candor and cunning, sex historian Kate Lister chronicles the curious journey of an ancient, honest word with innocent origins and a now-scandalous connotation in this uproarious love letter to etymology, queens, cows and all things...
TED Talks
TED: A new approach to defending the human rights of migrants | Itamar Mann
In this gripping talk, litigator and TED Fellow Itamar Mann details the perilous boat migrations of asylum seekers crossing the Mediterranean Sea. With a surplus of evidence gathered by researchers and activists, he explains how lawyers...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Dr. Kathryn Nieves Licwinko - Teachers Make a Difference - Mrs. Cariello and Dr. Decker
Kathryn (Katie) Nieves Licwinko is an educator who is passionate about supporting the needs of all learners and educational technology. She previously worked as a middle school special education teacher in Sussex County, New Jersey....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ernest Morrell - Teachers Make a Difference - Mrs. Franklin
ERNEST MORRELL is the Macy Professor of Education and Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is also a Class of 2014 Fellow of the American Educational Research...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ernest Morrell - Media, Literacy and Student Engagement
ERNEST MORRELL is the Macy Professor of Education and Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is also a Class of 2014 Fellow of the American Educational Research...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lewis R. Gordon - Being Human as a Relationship
Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish philosopher, political thinker, educator, and musician (drums, other percussive instruments, and piano), who was born on the island of Jamaica and grew up in the Bronx, New York, where he attended...