# Ep. 194: In Defense of a Core Education With Andrew Delbanco

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Podcast: [The Key with Inside Higher Ed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-key-with-inside-higher-ed-1232013)
Published: 2026-04-16T06:46:00+00:00
Episode link: https://insidehighered.podbean.com/e/ep-194-in-defense-of-a-core-education-with-andrew-delbanco/
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Sara Custer, editor in chief at Inside Higher Ed, speaks with Andrew Delbanco, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University and the president of the Teagle Foundation, about how humanities-based general education courses can provide short and long-term benefits to students – from ethical questions on the job to deeper self-reflection throughout life. He also argues that a core education is one of the rare ideas that could find advocates across the political spectrum. Thank you to our partners at Strada for sponsoring this episode.

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