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2021 National Center Webinar Presentation


The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s


On December 15, 2021, the National Center and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College hosted an event celebrating the release of historian Ellen Schrecker's new book, The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s, published by the University of Chicago Press. The event included a panel discussion with Professor Schrecker, Robert Cohen, Professor of History and Social Studies, Steinhardt School of Education, NYU, and Paul Lauter, Allen K. & Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of Literature, Emeritus, Trinity College, Hartford. The panel was moderated by the National Center's Executive Director William A. Herbert.  Click here to watch a recording of the December 15 program.