BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251022T1738Z-1761154701.111-EO-729446-1@10.73.9.43 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260415T093910Z CREATED:20251022T151749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T151749Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T122000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T132000 SUMMARY: HLS Beyond presents: America & Its Universities Need a New Social Contract w/ Prof Danielle Allen DESCRIPTION: Professor Danielle Allen explores the history of how governmen t and university research became intertwined\, what that relationship has p roduced since 1945\, but also what was missing in that vision that has led higher education into the vulnerable territory it now finds itself. Facing a decline in trust by the public as well as the challenges posed by the Tru mp administration\, she proposes that a new social contract which makes cen tral a firm educational foundation in Civic Strength is what these times ca ll for. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Professor Danielle Allen\, who\, in addition to her other r oles at Harvard\, penned a column at the Washington Post on Constitutional Democracy from 2008-2024\, believes that the current times call for a new s ocial contract between America and its universities. Her recent article in The Atlantic explores the history of how government and university research became intertwined\, what that relationship has produced since 1945\, but also what was missing in that vision that has led higher education into the vulnerable territory it now finds itself. Facing a decline in trust by the public as well as the challenges posed by the Trump administration\, she p roposes that a new social contract which makes central a firm educational f oundation in Civic Strength is what these times call for. Come learn about her proposals for just what that new social contract might look like for th e future of higher education in the United States. Registration Required. Lunch will be provided.

CATEGORIES:Discussion LOCATION:Langdell Hall\; 232/233 Langdell GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Emily Rider Neill":MAILTO:eneill@law.harvard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/hls-beyond-presents-america-it s-universities-need-a-new-social-contract-w-prof-danielle-allen/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Danielle_small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20250309T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR