Why campuses need centers for pluralism (opinion) : comparem

Now more than ever, colleges must help students learn to cooperate across differences, writes Eboo Patel. Now is the time for your college to make pluralism a central principle of campus life. Yes, now, as you watch dueling protests on your quad and realize that diversity, free speech and social justice advocacy are important values for a college to uphold but incomplete without a commitment to cooperation across difference.

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