Author: Noah Swank
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Finally, Conservatives are Being Invited to Speak at Graduation
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Henry Adams, Democracy, and the Morality of Politics
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Yale Committee Offers an Encouragingly Realistic Report About the State of Higher Education
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Symposium: What is Patriotic Education?
Categories: Civic ThoughtThe EditorsMay 6, 2026 One of President Trump’s first executive orders instructed agencies to “prioritize Federal resources, consistent with applicable law, to promote patriotic education.” This executive order, and the announcements that followed it, sparked a debate about the term “patriotic education” in higher education. Can professors educate patriotically? Or are the two terms mutually…
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Beyond Political Thought:
Categories: UncategorizedCulturing a Love of Place and People By Aaron ZubiaMay 6, 2026 This essay is part of a symposium answering the question: “What is patriotic education?” Liberal education points students toward the love of truth. Patriotic education points students toward the love of country. We may love several aspects of both the truth and our country. We…
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Educating Guardians of Liberty
Categories: UncategorizedBy Justin DyerMay 6, 2026 This essay is part of a symposium answering the question: “What is patriotic education?” Why should we be patriotic? What reason do we have to love our country? The first and primary reason to love one’s country is because it is one’s own. The love we have for our country…
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Between the 1619 Project and the 1776 Commission:
Categories: UncategorizedFinding a Middle Ground For a Higher Civics By Paul CarreseMay 6, 2026 This essay is part of a symposium answering the question: “What is patriotic education?” Can professors find a middle ground between negativity about all things American, and a narrow patriotism that ill suits our national spirit, with its hallmarks of discussion and…
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Savoring the Declaration
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How to Influence a University Without Anyone Noticing
Categories: University GovernanceBy Tao TanMarch 2, 2026 The Mellon Foundation has changed the shape of the humanities and social sciences, as three recent pieces have powerfully shown. Tyler Austin Harper argued in The Atlantic that Mellon’s funding concentration leaves ambitious humanities scholars with little practical alternative to aligning their work with the foundation’s priorities. John D. Sailer…