How colleges and universities are teaching students “to disagree better”

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Following a divisive election and ongoing political strife, it may be hard to see the plus side of talking politics at all. But some colleges are teaching students the art of having productive political conversations with people they disagree with.

Minnesota Public Radio correspondent Catharine Richert spoke with Marketplace’s David Brancaccio about the school administrators behind the movement and how it prepares students for entering the workforce.

David Brancaccio: I suspect I know why, but let me hear from you: Why are universities interested in making it so that people who disagree don’t want to throttle each other?

Read more at Marketplace.

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