Prof. Jason Brandeis, Justice faculty, was one of four faculty respondents for the
UAA Speech and Debate Team on the topic, "The time has come to abandon race-based preferences in university admissions," on Thursday, September 16. The other faculty respondents were Dr. Robert Boeckmann, Psychology Department; Dean Cheryl Easley, College of Health and Social Welfare; and Dr. Diane Hirshberg, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER).
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Faculty respondents listen intently to debaters (left to right) Dr.
Robrt Boeckmann,
Dean Cheryl Easley, Prof. Jason Brandeis, and Dr. Diane
Hirshberg. |
Debate team members Michaela Hernandez, Colin Haughey, Drew Cason, and Brett Frazer presented their arguments to a packed audience of students, faculty, and the public.
This free, public event is sponsored by the
UAA Center for Faculty Excellence (CAFE) and the
UAA/APU Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues Program.
Listen to a podcast of the
debate and the
faculty discussion and public q&a.
