Then & Now

How Universities Have Responded and Should Respond to Crisis: A Conversation with Prof. Michael Meranze

UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy Season 1 Episode 5

This week we are joined by Professor Michael Meranze, UCLA History Professor and Chair of UCLA’s Academic Senate. The Academic Senate is a body of faculty members who share in the governance of the UCLA. Professor Meranze discusses the history of shared governance, the university’s past and current responses to crises, and the lessons that can be learned from the Great Depression and New Deal.