UW–Madison’s Kevin Reilly wrote a column for the Nov./Dec. issue of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges Trusteeship magazine that is titled, “A Gaggle of Gags (Not the Funny Kind).”
Reilly served as president of the University of Wisconsin System from 2004 to 2013, and today is president emeritus and a Regent Professor with a School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He also is a senior fellow with the Association of Governing Boards.
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In the column, Reilly discusses the importance of free expression for democracy. “It’s on all of us to argue with one another — strongly, civilly, respectfully — so that we might come to some uncomfortable common ground that moves the country forward in the interests of all,” he writes. “Universities and colleges are made to convene and encourage that kind of reasoned, intense, productive argument.”
Check out the full column to learn more.