On April 6, Cornel West, Ph.D., and Adolph Reed Jr., Ph.D., visited Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus to discuss the current state of higher education in America. The event was sponsored by the American studies program, and the two spoke about what it means to be an educated and compassionate person in today’s society. West is currently a professor at Union Theological Seminary and professor emeritus at Princeton University, and Reed is a professor of political science at University of Pennsylvania. Each individually spoke to the crowd of Fordham students, faculty and administration, then answered questions from the audience. Both professors questioned whether our current paradigms of education were democratic and beneficial. West also discussed his support of democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. West and Reed lamented how higher education has turned into merely a means to getting a job and discussed their hopes for the future of learning.
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