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Jamie Raskin: “Higher education has been a critical force in advancing free inquiry in America.”

On the recordJune 1, 2015
Higher education has been a critical force in advancing free inquiry in America.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin emphasizes the importance of higher education in promoting free inquiry.

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