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. 

This event is co-sponsored by Heterodox Academy. More information on this fall's debate can be found on MFSA's website. Please email MFSA Executive Director Peter Bonilla at peter@mitfreespeech.org with any
additional questions.