by Sean Mulholland | Nov 17, 2025 | Events, News, The Director's Blog
On November 12th, Emma Jutte chaired classroom debates in two introductory macroeconomics classes. The resolution: College is not worth it. Students debated and discussed the importance of prestige, college location, admission standards, tuition and fees,...
by Sean Mulholland | Nov 3, 2025 | Events, News, The Director's Blog
On October 27th, around 50 students, staff, and community members gathered to discuss the how to respect religious values while also ensuring the separation of church/temple/synagogue and state. Participants discussed how many political views are often shaped by...
by Sean Mulholland | Sep 25, 2025 | Events, News, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
On September 24th, over 75 students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered to debate: “Are Deportations Under the Trump Administration Unconstitutional?” All participants offered excellent, concise, and well-supported views on a wide range of topics...
by Sean Mulholland | Apr 30, 2025 | Events, News, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
As part of the Center for the Study of Free Enterprise’s goal of enhancing free and open discussion and debate, the Barnes Student Fellows, Tryston Weiss and Kevin Lavery, led two classroom debates on April 29th. The resolution was: Government should often...
by Sean Mulholland | Apr 9, 2025 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
The Center for the Study of Free Enterprise wants to congratulate Diana Esters (middle) for earning 1st place in the undergraduate research poster session at the 49th annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education in Guatemala City for her project...
by Sean Mulholland | Feb 25, 2025 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, Kevin Lavery presented his paper, “State Mandates on Sex Education and their Correlates to a Reduction in the Rate of Forcible Rape” in a faculty session at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings in New York City. Kevin’s...