Higher education drives some conservatives and even some leftists crazy, but conservatives should support universities’ historic role in advancing national security interests.
Republican leadership’s ongoing investigations into national security risks involving institutions of higher education are both praiseworthy and, from a national security point of view, absolutely necessary.
But maintaining universities’ role in national security—while adding safeguards—is also necessary.
Concerns over intellectual property theft as well as ideological radicalism, which have eroded many Americans’ confidence in these educational institutions, require a full hearing and bold policy action. Particularly under a potential second Trump administration, likely actions would include some combination of new disclosure requirements and prohibitions as a condition of access to…
