About this episode
<p>It’s a hard time to run a university: public trust is low, political pressure is high, and finances are fragile. But Daniel Diermeier, who trained as a political scientist, has Vanderbilt humming. How? He says the key is choosing magnets over wedges.<br> </p> <ul> <li><strong>SOURCES:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/biography-diermeier/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daniel Diermeier</a>, chancellor of Vanderbilt University.</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong> <ul> <li>"<a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/higher-eds-new-crisis-managers" rel="noopener noreferrer">Higher Ed’s New Crisis Managers</a>," by Lee Gardner <i>(The Chronicle of Higher Education,</i> 2026).</li> <li>"<a href="https://www.persuasion.community/p/we-analyzed-university-syllabi-theres" rel="noopener noreferrer">Professors Need to Diversify What They Teach</a>," by Jon Shields, Yuval Avnur, and Stephanie Muravchik <i>(Persuasion,</i> 2025).</li> <li>"<a href="https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Call for Constructive Engagement</a>," <i>(American Association of Colleges and Universities,</i> 2025).</li> <li>"<a href="https://americananthro.org/advocacy-statements/2020-statement-on-anthropology-and-human-rights/" rel="noopener noreferrer">2020 Statement on Anthropology and Human Rights</a>," <i>(American Anthropological Association,</i> 2020).</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/43Yzf5w" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i>The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness</i></a><i>, </i>by Michelle Alexander (2010).</li> <li>"<a href="https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/KalvenRprt_0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kalven Committee: Report on the University’s Role in Political and Social Action</a>," <i>(The University of Chicago,</i> 1967).</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>EXTRAS:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMQ0RUWCXYQNI0sdz2kj46nOL-diutRkjJ8WxJIXp0n2EHaA/viewform" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sign up here</a> to pre-screen our new video show.</li> <li>"'<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/a-low-moment-in-higher-education/" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Low Moment in Higher Education</a>,'" by <i>Freakonomics Radio</i> (2024).</li> <li>"'<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/if-were-all-in-it-for-ourselves-who-are-we/" rel="noopener noreferrer">If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?'</a>" by <i>Freakonomics Radio </i>(2024).</li> <li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/do-boycotts-work/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Do Boycotts Work?</a>" by <i>Freakonomics Radio </i>(2016).</li> </ul></li> </ul><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>