The time is now to invest in conservative graduate students who want to build up our communities and institutions. The Harvard program in Inequality and Social Policy did not develop overnight, nor did it have an influence immediately. Similarly, the dangerous, simple-minded, regressive ideas behind identity politics and critical race theory—the sort of barbarianism described by Daniel Boorstin in the 1960s—did not permeate higher education immediately. Fortunately, so many in America see exactly what is happening on college and university campuses and reject this madness. It is time to invest in new institutions for those on the Right which will empower graduate students to push back against the Left and help restore balance and vibrant discourse on campuses. An investment of this kind will take time and thought, but it can strengthen our civil society and the health of our educational institutions.
