Bradford Vivian
@bradvivian.bsky.social
Prof/Author/Speaker (academic freedom, free speech, democracy)
*Author _Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education_ (Oxford UP)
*Op-eds: TIME, Washington Post, The Chronicle, Inside Higher Ed, Philadelphia Inquirer
*Author _Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education_ (Oxford UP)
*Op-eds: TIME, Washington Post, The Chronicle, Inside Higher Ed, Philadelphia Inquirer
If the conceit of a “cosmopolitan elite” sounds intolerant, xenophobic, etc., then you get the underlying idea here. Never mind the fact that land grant unis maintain huge ag programs. The goal is to normalize the idea that universities should promote a pre-defined vision of culture + heritage. 2/2
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If the conceit of a “cosmopolitan elite” sounds intolerant, xenophobic, etc., then you get the underlying idea here. Never mind the fact that land grant unis maintain huge ag programs. The goal is to normalize the idea that universities should promote a pre-defined vision of culture + heritage. 2/2
Hard to attract tuition-paying students who want a university degree when you’re not an accredited university and don’t really have faculty or a curriculum.
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hard to attract tuition-paying students who want a university degree when you’re not an accredited university and don’t really have faculty or a curriculum.
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It's been a long road for Heritage. In their very first public outing in 1975, defending book boycotters (and school bombers) in WV, Heritage split over the same issue: Whether or not to share files and cooperate with the Ku Klux Klan.
Back then, the non-cooperate faction won.
Back then, the non-cooperate faction won.
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's been a long road for Heritage. In their very first public outing in 1975, defending book boycotters (and school bombers) in WV, Heritage split over the same issue: Whether or not to share files and cooperate with the Ku Klux Klan.
Back then, the non-cooperate faction won.
Back then, the non-cooperate faction won.
“It is a sustained campaign to weaken an influential sector home to many political progressives who do not support him — and to many young people, who typically form the crux of anti-authoritarian protest movements.”
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November 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“It is a sustained campaign to weaken an influential sector home to many political progressives who do not support him — and to many young people, who typically form the crux of anti-authoritarian protest movements.”
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