“Whether it's parents or alums or current students or faculty, everyone wants us to figure out how do you stop people from saying things that they don't agree with,” says the president of Mount Holyoke College, Danielle Holley, in this week's episode of The Syllabus. Holley and Oppenheimer discuss the complexities of defining hate speech versus protected free speech, as well as the intrusive nature of technology on campus. “I've had students who told me they want to study, but they can’t put down their phones,” Holley says. Holley offers her predictions for how the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban will affect recruitment of minorities. And they talk about what it means to be a “women’s college” in an age when there are self-identified men on campus.

Guest Bio: Danielle R. Holley is president of Mount Holyoke College. She served as dean of the School of Law at Howard University (2014 - 2023) prior to joining Mount Holyoke. She attended Yale College and Harvard Law School and clerked for Judge Carl E. Steward on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Stay informed about this podcast and all of AJU's latest programs and offerings by subscribing to our mailing list HERE

If you'd like to support AJU and this podcast, please consider donating to us at aju.edu/donate