Mission Core I: Culture & the Common Good

More Ted Talks on the intersections of education and the common good and related topics are being made all the time. Learn more: https://www.ted.com

TED: Ideas worth spreading

Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education — one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day.

A Facebook post by local television reporter Elliott Davis inspires this story on the fate of the Pruitt Igoe Project. 

Diversity advocate Vernā Myers looks closely at some of the subconscious attitudes we hold toward out-groups. She makes a plea to all people: Acknowledge your biases. Then move toward, not away from, the groups that make you uncomfortable. In a funny, impassioned, important talk, she shows us how.

TED: Ideas worth spreading