2023 Annual Report

Our nation is at a pivotal moment. Extremists are pushing our schools, colleges, and universities in the wrong direction while abusing federal power to violate the very core of our constitutional and civil rights. We founded the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies to strike back against the ideologues, unions, and bureaucrats that have taken over America’s educational institutions and school systems. DFI has laid the groundwork for innovative reform that will tame federal power in education and restore constitutional and civil rights for students, parents, families, and faculty by:

• Combating President Biden’s radical Title IX rewrite. Our multi-faceted campaign is countering Biden’s plan to destroy women’s sports, strip parents of their rights, infringe on free speech and religious liberty, and undermine due process on campus. The next year will be pivotal in this battle.
  
• Defeating President Biden’s costly, unfair, and illegal attempts to transfer student loan debt to other Americans, most of whom never went to college or paid back what they borrowed. Despite their Supreme Court defeat in Biden v. Nebraska, the extremists in the administration are working through arcane regulatory processes to cancel a trillion dollars of student debt in an effort to buy votes. DFI continues to engage on the front lines of these battles, which will likely become more heated as the general election approaches.
  
• Preparing for the future. While fighting the battles around Title IX, student loan debt cancellation, and other critical issues, we are also getting ready for 2025. Americans want families to be able to choose schools suited to their values and children’s needs. Americans want federal support of higher education to be fair, frugal, and focused on preparing students for their future jobs and lives. Americans do not want to see their individual liberties compromised by increasingly powerful federal agencies like the Department of Education. DFI is preparing for what comes after the 2024 elections

In our 2023 annual report, we take a deeper dive into our work last year. We hope you take the time to review it and are pleased with what you see. We greatly appreciate your commitment to freedom, opportunity, and innovation in America’s schools and workplaces. DFI’s work would not be possible without your continued support.