The following is the written version of a talk I recently gave for the Illinois State University/Illinois Wesleyan History Symposium. It is my attempt to extend research from my first book, “Education and the Cold War: The Battle for the American School,” to my next project, which is to be an examination of the culture wars, so-called, of the Reagan era. Some of this is very new and, as such, somewhat rough. I welcome comments! The Enemy Within (the Ivory Tower): How Conservatives Came to Despise the Academy By Andrew Hartman In a May 4, 2005 editorial in the Los Read more