University Governance

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How to Influence a University Without Anyone Noticing

By Tao Tan

Center for the Future of the American University

March 2, 2026

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Why Universities Keep Losing the Argument

By Sam Goldman

The Chronicle of Higher Education

February 19, 2026

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Higher Education’s Internal Trust Crisis

By Thomas W. Smith

Center for the Future of the American University

February 17, 2026

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How a few foundations shape academic culture

By Tao Tan

Center for the Future of the American University

January 23, 2026

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Legislation Can’t Solve All of Academia’s Problems

By Tao Tan
Center for the Future of the American University
December 16, 2025

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Robert p. George and the great campus vibe shift

By Evan Goldstein and Len Gutkin

Chronicle of Higher Education

November 24, 2025

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Private Universities Can’t Survive Without Public Support

By Tao Tan

Center for the Future of the American University

November 5, 2025

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Why Trump’s Compact Has Bipartisan Potential

By Benjamin Storey & Jenna Silber Storey

AEIdeas

October 9, 2025

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University Trustees Have Their Heads in the Sand

By Ben Sasse

The Wall Street Journal

September 10, 2025

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America Needs Tough Grading

By Joshua Katz and Solveig Gold

Wall Street Journal

September 1, 2025

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Universities and the American Crisis

By Ben Sasse

Mosaic

August 25, 2025

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Taking Institutional Neutrality Seriously on Campus

By Roger Pielke Jr.

The Honest Broker

May 27, 2025

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Don’t Burn Down the Ivory Towers

By Joshua Katz

The Free Press

November 19, 2023

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Doom and Gloom in the Groves of Academe

By Samuel Goldman

The Week

December 28, 2021

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Academic Freedom, Attacked Left and Right

By Samuel Goldman

The Week

October 15, 2021

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PODCASTS AND CONVERSATIONS

University Governance in Interesting Times

Benjamin Storey, talks with Bruce Evans, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Vanderbilt University.

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Joining the Frey: The Battle for the Liberal Arts

Jennifer Frey joins Chris Scalia to discuss her tenure as dean of University of Tulsa’s Honors College

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How Universities Lost the Public and How to Win Them Back

Benjamin Storey & Jenna Silber Storey on Heterodox Out Loud

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