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November 14, 2023
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** Transformative Legislation for Higher Education
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Stanley Kurtz
National Review

American higher education has traveled far down a dangerous path. Decades ago, our colleges and universities repudiated the study of the Western tradition. Yet it was the West that birthed the academy’s highest aspiration—the free search for truth. In abandoning the West, our educational institutions made it impossible to comprehend the structure and rationale of our system of government, as well as the nature and meaning of our most central cultural traditions, including liberal education itself. Since that repudiation of the West, free speech on campus has been under assault. And since 2020, the illiberal spirits that choked off freedom on campus for decades have poured into the bloodstream of society at large, turning us against one another and ourselves.

It has seemed next to impossible to remedy this situation. Insulated from outside influence by academic freedom, illiberal academics abused the tenure system to entrench a political and intellectual monopoly. Protections designed to nurture a marketplace of ideas have been converted into xxxxxxs of orthodoxy. How can we break this monopoly without destroying the very principles of freedom that we hope to restore?

There is a way. The General Education Act ([link removed]) (GEA) model legislation I co-authored with Jenna Robinson, the president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, and David Randall, the director of research at the National Association of Scholars, will transform public higher education in any state that draws upon its method.
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Recentering Our Universities
Thursday, November 16
2–3:30pm EST
This Thursday, November 16, at 2:00 pm, Stanley Kurtz and his co-authors will introduce the General Education Act, groundbreaking model legislation that addresses decades of failure at American public universities while respecting academic freedom. The webinar will be hosted by the National Association of Scholars. Register below.
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In the Telegraph, Henry Olsen writes that neither Ron DeSantis nor Nikki Haley can take down Donald Trump in the GOP primary ([link removed]) .
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And for Fusion, Henry argues that Republicans need to start acting more like a coalition ([link removed]) if they're going to win voters.
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Carrie Gress writes for The American Spectator about the origins of abortion's magical grip on American politics ([link removed]) .
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For the Human Life Review, Mary FioRito warns of the consequences of Ohio's Issue 1 vote ([link removed]) .
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Why Catholics NEED To Vote
In a new video from EDIFY, Mary FioRito explains why Catholics need to vote and what issues the Catholic Church identifies as preeminent.
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The Issue with the GOP's Abortion Messaging
And on Chicago's Morning Answer, Mary discussed Republican messaging and what can be done better in the abortion fight.
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Thursday, November 30, 2023 and Friday, December 1, 2023
AEI Auditorium, 1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

Thirty years ago, Robert P. George’s landmark book Making Men Moral challenged the consensus that justice requires governmental neutrality on contested moral questions. How has the book shaped decades of debates about civil liberties and public morality, and why will it remain relevant in the future?

Please join EPPC and its co-sponsors for a conference on Making Men Moral’s enduring influence on public policy.
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