Davarian L. Baldwin on In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

(3/31/21) Universities play an outsized role in America’s cities. They bring diverse ideas and people together and they generate new innovations. But they also gentrify neighborhoods and exacerbate housing inequality in an effort to enrich their campuses and attract students. Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies at Trinity College Davarian L. Baldwin’s new book In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities looks at the many ways academic institutions can negatively impact the communities around them. Join us for a look at an alternative vision for urban life, one that necessitates a more equitable relationship between our cities and colleges, in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.