Courses – Spring 2025 / Contemporary Issues / UPHEAVAL IN AMERICAN VALUES
Coordinators: Michael Wellner, Maureen Berman, Terri Hicks
Each week’s class will focus on one (or more) different important social and political issues, including the all-important 2024 election, that have a major impact on the state of our country, and its future.
Discussion topics will include the US Constitution, the Supreme Court, changes in news reporting and the media in general, the impact of mobile phones on our children, social and income inequality, our immigration problem, free speech rights, the “woke” culture, our international relations, and, of course, politics.
B WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 10:30 AM-NOON / HYBRID / ROOM 15-17 / RECORDED
| Upheaval in American Values – Tentative Schedule | ||
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Feb 12 | No Class | Lincoln’s Birthday |
| Feb 26 | Wellner, Berman, and Hicks | Review of the Recent Election |
| Mar 12 | Terri Hicks | Where Do We Get Our Information? |
| Mar 26 | Maureen Berman | What is Happening on College Campuses? |
| Apr 09 | Michael Wellner | Influence of Cell Phones on Children |
| Apr 30 | Prof. Martin Woessner, CCNY | TBA |
| May 14 | TBA | TBA |
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