Date/Time
11/6/2025
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern
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Event Type(s)
MIT Free Speech Alliance Event
Event Description
MFSA's fall 2025 debate asks participants to defend or oppose the proposition that American higher education is overly reliant on international students.
Location
Wong Auditorium (Tang Center, Building E51)
2 Amherst St
Cambridge, MA 02142
UNITED STATES

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Details
MFSA's Fall 2025 debate will be held on November 6th at 7:00 p.m. in MIT's Wong Auditorium, with the following resolution up for debate:
 
RESOLVED: American Universities are too dependent on international students.

Representing the affirmative team are James Fishback, CEO of Azoria and founder of Incubate Debate, and Nathan Halberstadt, Partner at New Founding. The negative team is represented by David Freed, Entrepreneur and former Chief Operating Officer of Crimson Education, and Chris Glass, Professor of the Practice at Boston College and Editor-in-Chief of International Higher Education

Moderating this fall’s debate is Anant Agarwal, Professor Post-Tenure of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, Founder of edX, and Chief Academic Officer of 2U. 

More information about MFSA's fall 2025 debate will be available shortly on MFSA's website. To learn more about MFSA's debate series, visit our debate page
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