The Learning Collaborative
Vision : Making a liberal arts education accessible to everyone.
The Learning Collaborative aims to share a liberal arts education beyond the walls of Centre College, making learning lifelong and inclusive. The Learning Collaborative includes courses ranging from humanities courses to science-based courses to skills-based courses and beyond. We welcome the community to learn with us in courses led by experts in their fields. The Learning Collaborative is a demonstration of Centre’s commitment to academic excellence, intellectual curiosity, and lifelong learning.
The State of the World
Mauricio Castro, John Harney, Lori Hartmann, and Sami Sweis
Culture and History
We are all interconnected and international affairs has more of an impact on our daily lives than some would think. Join Centre College faculty to discuss current events that take place all over the world, the history that drives them, and their global and local implications. Drs. Mauricio Castro, John Harney, Lori Hartmann, and Sami Sweis will guide participants through understanding events in the US, China, Taiwan, Latin America, and the Middle East. These four seminars will conclude with a fifth session and panel discussion among our esteemed international experts who will bring together all these events to show how tightly we are all connected.
Constitutional Command: The President's Role and Powers
Dan Stroup
Political Science
Join Dr. Dan Stroup, Centre College Professor of Politics and Law Emeritus, as he places the role of the US President in its historical context. Dr. Stroup will take participants through a discussion involving constitutional checks and balances as they relate to the theory of the Unitary Executive that is employed by the Trump administration. The second session will explore whether the President of the United States is limited, by either the law or U.S. Constitution, in the ability to dismiss individuals who work within the Executive branch. Dr. Stroup’s third session will discuss whether the President can constitutionally refuse to spend money appropriated by law. For the fourth and final session, Dr. Stroup will examine the boundaries of free speech in the context of the President's Executive Orders on a broad range of topics. This timely and engaging course will include four lectures, each with built-in discussion time.
