The Education Exchange: How the University of Austin Fearlessly Pursues the Truth

Institution’s second president hopes school becomes a free-inquiry beacon for an academy that’s lost its way

Photo of Carlos CarvalhoCarlos Carvalho, the president of the University of Austin, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the institution’s mission to bring back free inquiry to higher education.

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