Fall 2025 Debate: International Students
Debate: Are U.S. Colleges too Dependent
on International Students?
November 6, 2025, 7:00 p.m
Wong Auditorium (E51-115)
On Thursday, November 6, 2025, the MIT Free Speech Alliance, joined by the MIT Open Discourse Society, will host its fall campus debate, where two teams will debate the following proposition:
Resolved, American Universities are too Dependent on International Students
The affirmative team will consist of James Fishback, founder and CEO at Azoria and founder of Incubate Debate, and Nathan Halberstadt, partner at New Founding.
The negative team will consist of David Freed, entrepreneur and former Chief Operating Officer of Crimson Education, and Chris Glass, Professor of the Practice at Boston College and Editor of International Higher Education.
Moderating this fall's debate is Anant Agarwal, professor post-tenure of computer science at MIT, founder of edX, and chief academic officer of 2U.
Our fall debate is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided. Registration is encouraged, and may be completed by clicking the button below.
Fall 2025 Debate Participants
