Conservatives in and outside of higher ed have long argued that universities lack their perspectives. But empowered Republicans are now deploying tools including legislation and funding threats to ...

O n October 1, the Trump administration sent letters to nine universities asking them to sign a Compact for Academic Excellence with the federal government. This compact contains demands that are a ...

T his past spring, I received an email announcing Johns Hopkins’s new comprehensive partnership with a conservative think tank, the American Enterprise Institute. The initiative aimed to “encourage ...

President Donald Trump's recent move to target universities like the University of Virginia and George Mason University over diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs is a mistake. As a lifelong ...

I have an article titled "Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine forthcoming in several months in the George Mason Law Review, and I wanted to serialize a draft of it here. There ...

The “value of a liberal arts education” is one of those phrases that is often repeated without real consideration of its meaning. As President Donald Trump’s administration continues its assault on ...