What is higher education's place in today's political climate?

Are higher learning institutions places of learning, or political battlegrounds? Or both?

From the Supreme Court ruling in June on affirmative action to the now-infamous congressional hearing that led University of Pennsylvania's president to resign and put the heads of Harvard and MIT under fire, colleges and universities have been under fire for what they represent — and what some believe they should represent.

What does it mean to lead our institutions of higher learning both now and for the future?

Helen Drinan, former president of Simmons University in Boston and current president of Cabrini University in Pennsylvania, and Harleen Singh, director of the Women's Studies Research Center and Senior Associate Provost for Faculty and Global Affairs at Brandeis University, join the show to talk about the present and future of higher learning.