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Harvard University

The Conservative Long Game in Higher Ed, Part 7: The Military and the War Effort on Campus

Few issues divide the hard left from the hard right more cleanly than their general views on the military. This was especially true in the context of the Vietnam War. This division fed a number of actions—in terms of vocal and material support—at higher ed institutions by the campus right. It was, to them, a national duty. In Resistance from the Right, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd regularly reinforces the fact that YAF and campus conservatives “characterized stalwart support of the military as patriotic” (p. 91). Beyond, however, a general upholding of troops and the war in Vietnam, the actions of student Read more

#USIH2020 News: Boston on Film

Boston holds a unique place in my heart, although it did not start out that way. As a child I disliked Boston, even though I live over a thousand miles Read more

Before the Redbook

In 1945, a Harvard committee issued the extraordinarily influential report General Education in a Free Society, also known as the Red Book (or, often, the Redbook, which shouldn’t be confused Read more

Best in the West

“[I]t is regarded by many as the special obligation of Stanford to combine the best elements of the small, liberal arts college with those of the large university. This obligation, Read more

Wild, Wild West

In 1956, Stanford University revised its undergraduate curriculum and implemented a general education program with specific distribution requirements drawn from various disciplines.  Students had to take a year of freshman Read more