The Sherry Sylvester Show · Texas Public Policy Foundation

William Inboden on Academics, Reagan, Cold War and Hot Conflicts

·29 min

Dr. William Inboden, Executive VP and Provost of the University of Texas, discusses parallels between the current US-Iran conflict and Reagan's Cold War strategy, emphasizing that both are fundamentally battles of ideas and Western values. The conversation pivots to higher education reform, where Inboden outlines the broken 'academic social contract' and UT's efforts to depoliticize campus culture through measures like SB 37 and the Texas Statement on Academic Integrity.

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A serious campus and governance conversation that ties institutions to national security.

This episode treats campus governance and foreign policy as part of the same fight over Western values, rather than two separate worries. The host keeps pushing the guest on Senate Bill 37, university stewardship, Reagan, the Cold War, and the risk of hostile regimes gaining…

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You want a straight talker on Texas campus reform and national security in one conversation.

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