COVID-19, Outrage Culture, & the Future of Education - How one university is adapting in this tumultuous era, with Dr. Richard Ludwick

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Dr. Richard Ludwick, President of the University of St. Thomas, joins Dan to talk about how his campus is adapting and responding to the threat of COVID-19, why skin in the game is so important for students choosing the major that will define their career, and how St. Thomas creates a culture of free and open dialogue among students in an era when identity politics and outrage culture are destroying many campuses.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	But all men are clean.
0:04.0	There's a number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.9	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.5	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:15.9	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:17.8	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.1	Hey everybody, welcome back to the show.
0:27.0	And this week we're recording in Houston, Texas.
0:32.0	Because as you all know, we're indefinitely suspended from voting in Congress right now.
0:39.3	We are not in Washington, DC.
0:42.6	But it also gives me the opportunity to talk to some constituents face to face.
0:47.2	One of those is here with me today, Dr. Richard Ludwig.
0:50.1	You are the president of the University of St. Thomas.
0:52.9	Dr. Ludwig, thank you so much for being with us.
0:54.9	Well, thank you. It's great to be here with you today.
0:57.5	So I want to talk about, mostly how to make college cheaper and what to do about student loan debt.
1:06.8	But first I want to know, how has coronavirus been affecting your classes? How are you guys adapting?
1:12.0	Well, we started planning for this far before it came to Houston.
1:17.3	And the good news is that we haven't been affected by anyone contracting the virus yet.
1:24.9	We suspended classes and we're on spring break this week.
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