Philosophy of Education Spring Symposium

next week at UW–Madison

Next week, we are hosting a philosophy of education symposium featuring five invited paper workshop sessions and a public talk by Tony Laden.

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Public Talk

The talk is called “The Social Costs of a College Education” and is based on his new terrific book, Networks of Trust: The Social Costs of College. Tony will present a valuable perspective about the way college affects students from a variety of social and cultural backgrounds and how we can make the college experience more inviting and valuable for the whole range of our students.

We’ve learned a lot from this book and are eager to welcome Tony to UW–Madison.

The Social Costs of a College Education

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

3:15 - 4:30pm

Educational Sciences Building (Room 259), UW–Madison

There will not be a virtual option for this symposium, but if you’re nearby, we'd love to see you there.

In the meantime, tune in to “Building Trust in Higher Education” with Tony Laden.

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Workshop Sessions

In addition to our public talk with Tony, we are hosting five invited paper workshop sessions (also in the Educational Sciences Building). For more information or to read the papers, please email us cee@wcer.wisc.edu.

Tuesday, May 27

• 11am-12:15pm: Jane Gatley

  • The Concept of Gender and the School Curriculum

• 1:30pm-2:45pm: David O’Brien

Wednesday, May 28

• 10:30am-11:45am: Harry Brighouse

• 12:45-2pm: Libby Southgate

  • Another Interpretation of Standpoint Epistemology

• 2:15-3:30pm: Afton Greco

  • Rawlsian Institutionalism and the Higher Education Bottleneck

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Wishing you a warm spring,

Carrie, Harry, and Tony

The Center for Ethics and Education