Adam Kissel: Slacking: A Guide to Ivy League Miseducation
The Eric Metaxas Show
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🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Adam Kissel shares his new book: Slacking: A Guide to Ivy League Miseducation. ADAM KISSEL is a visiting fellow for higher education reform in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
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