Our colleague, Michael Hartoonian, keeps us thinking about how a society can meet expectations of promoting moral capitalism and benefiting from moral government if citizens are not well educated.
America is in crisis – mostly due to elite failure in government and culture. Our slogan, to borrow from students in our elite educational institutions, might be: “From the Atlantic to the Pacific – America is unhappy.” The crisis has enveloped all our institutions of education, from pre-K to post graduate. Failure of educational institutions has aggravated our dis-ease.
One set of data on this is the following chart:
Michael has recently drafted a statement on public education. I have sent it to the presidents of colleges and universities in Minnesota with a request that they work with us on a Minnesota statement of ethical principles for higher education. I attach a copy for your review.
Please join at noon on Thursday, May 23 at Landmark Center for an in-person round table over lunch to discuss what needs to be done to address what is both a consequence and a cause of our national anxiety and consequent low expectations of ourselves and our leaders.
Registration and lunch will begin at 11:30 am.
Cost to attend is $20.
Lunch will be provided by Afro Deli.
To register, please email jed@cauxroundtable.net.