Kanelos: Focusing on Timeless Human Questions Builds University Trust
Pano Kanelos · Joe Lonsdale and Pano Kanelos on Building a New World-Class University · Joe Lonsdale · Feb 10, 2022 · at 15:35
Pano Kanelos, president of the University of Austin, explains how academic institutions can overcome ideological polarization.
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“What universities should do is begin with the big human questions, you know, get, bring your students and faculty together pull back from the day to day concerns that we have and think about what it means to be a human being. What is human nature? What is Liberty? What is justice? Think about those big questions together. And in the course of having those conversations, what you end up cultivating, you don't necessarily find the right answers. Those, you know, we've been working on this for millennia, but what you cultivate is a community of trust.”
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