The Constitution, the Campus, and the Capital: Higher Education and Federal Power

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025
12-1:30 p.m.
Love Library, 2nd Floor Ground Level (open space between LL 261 Financial Markets Lab and LL 205)

Featuring: Susan McWilliams Barndt, professor of politics at Pomona College and scholar on the U.S. Constitution

How should we understand the relationship between the federal government and higher education in the United States especially during moments of open conflict between administrations and universities? How did we get here? And what’s at stake in this clash, not just for higher education, but for the nation and our constitutional order?

Cosponsored by: The American Revolution and Constitution History (ARCH) Project and the Jack Miller Center.