higher education

Foundation Watch
The William T. Grant Foundation’s Funding of Critical Race Theory
The William T. Grant Foundation is a donor nonprofit that gives between five- and six-figure annual donations to universities and policy groups that in turn fund programs on controversial public…
by CRC Staff on November 30, 2023

CRC in the News
How Far Do We Have to Go Back to Get This Israel/Palestine Conflict Right?
CRC's Sarah Lee speaks with Newell Normand about her article “Paying for Hate on College Campuses” about the recent protests at higher learning facilities amidst the current conflict in the…
by Sarah Lee on November 22, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #292: Surprised by Campus Radicals? You Shouldn’t Be.
Since the horrific Hamas terrorist massacres in southern Israel in early October, American observers have been horrified by something that really should not be happening: Mass marches of left-wing students…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on November 3, 2023

Philanthropy
Philanthropy and the Campus Wars—and Later, the Larger Culture War—in Resistance from the Right
“Conservatives did not win the campus wars of the 1960s, and they failed in almost every way to meaningfully pull faculty and students to the right during their time on…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 24, 2023

Organization Trends
Paying for Hate on College Campuses
If anything could shake a Western champagne socialist to the bone, surely it would be the image of a young hippie woman, fresh from a music festival, with her legs…
by Sarah Lee on October 13, 2023

Organization Trends
An Organized Disruption
Peaceful discourse, civil protest, and open debate have all been essential to the American experience. Even more so on our university and college campuses, once heralded as pioneers of free…
by Kali Fontanilla on October 12, 2023

Philanthropy
Chronicle of Philanthropy Webinar Considers Issues Facing Nonprofits, Philanthropy
During a Chronicle of Philanthropy webinar yesterday, “Reshaping the Conversation: How to Rebuild Public Trust in Philanthropy,” panelists with diverse worldviews discussed potential ways in which to deal with pressing…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 12, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the American Alliance for Equal Rights’ Edward Blum (Part 1 of 2)
Edward Blum has founded several nonprofit public-interest legal organizations that have helped secure several major legal victories against policies and practices that accord preferences to people based on race. The…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 10, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with the American Alliance for Equal Rights’ Edward Blum (Part 2 of 2)
Edward Blum has founded several nonprofit public-interest legal organizations that have helped secure several major legal victories against policies and practices that accord preferences to people based on race. The…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 10, 2023

Philanthropy
Heather Mac Donald to Conservative Donors: Wake Up!
In the new, Summer 2023 issue of City Journal, its contributing editor Heather Mac Donald harshly critiques hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin’s $300 million worth of support to Harvard University—close to the largest single…
by Michael E. Hartmann on August 3, 2023