STATEMENT: The Defense of Freedom Institute Releases Statement on the DETERRENT Act
America's foreign adversaries are working overtime to buy their way into universities using lucrative gifts and contracts. Countries like… Read More
Fox News | Op-Ed: Widespread student support of Hamas attacks exposes ‘moral bankruptcy’ of US higher education
As Hamas carried out unspeakable horror against Israeli civilians, out came a litany of student groups on campuses across the country… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Leads Coalition to Block Biden Administration and Accreditors from Illegal Regulation of Private Companies Providing Online Higher Education Services
A coalition of former U.S. Department of Education (ED) officials is leading the charge to stop a large higher education accrediting… Read More
National Review | Op-Ed: Biden’s Zombie Student-Loan Bailout Continues to Stalk Taxpayers
You thought the Biden administration was done with going around Congress to reward key constituencies? Think… Read More
Washington Examiner | Op-Ed: The long march of the campus Title IX coordinators
The administration’s Title IX rulemaking is a master class in how the Left leverages centralized regulatory power to embed… Read More
Fox News | Op-Ed: Biden Just Invented a New Way to Rob Taxpayers for Student Debt Heist
After the Supreme Court ruled on President Biden’s illegal student loan bailout scheme, the scheduled return to loan repayment should… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Joins Fight to Protect First Amendment Rights of Public School Employees Who Were Terminated After Expressing Their Views on Gender Identity Education Policies
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) joined the legal battle today over the First Amendment rights of… Read More
BLOG: Education Secretary’s Back to School Tour Celebrates Teacher Union Bosses and Failing Schools
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona embarked on a Back to School bus tour spanning five states… Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY: 2023 Education Law & Policy Conference Co-Sponsored by DFI and The Federalist Society to Tackle Issues in American Education
Keynote speakers include the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Gov. Mitch Daniels and Philip K. Howard WASHINGTON—The 2023 Education Law and Policy… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Sues Biden Education Department for Refusing to Produce Records Related to Federal Funding of Critical Race Theory and Gender Identity Theory Instruction in Public Schools
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Read More
The Federalist | Op-Ed: New Education Standards Force Gay History, Climate Alarmism, And ‘Math Identity Rainbows’ On Students
Education standards have devolved, in several states, into a free-for-all of cramming woke nonsense into every corner of… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New Defense of Freedom Institute Report Exposes How Unions Train Educators to Indoctrinate Students
WASHINGTON– A new report from the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) reveals how America’s two largest teacher… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Sues Biden Administration for Records Regarding Weakened Oversight of University Financial Disclosure Laws
Requests also seek administration records on foreign money flowing to universities, Education Department’s cozy relationship with higher… Read More
Real Clear Education | Op-Ed: Don’t Double Pell Grants. Disconnect Them from Tuition
Progressives’ call to “double Pell grants” is as wrongheaded as their plan to unilaterally transfer student loan debt to other… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Proposes Major Overhaul of Pell Grant Program to Pay for Living Expenses, Not Tuition
Says calls for ‘doubling Pell’ won’t fix college access or affordability; nor will it improve college completion rates… Read More
The Federalist | Op-Ed: Librarian-In-Chief Joe Biden Dreams Up Illegal Federal Library Code For Public Schools
President Joe Biden is unlawfully wielding his power to stop parental efforts to remove sexually explicit books from public school… Read More
New Nation’s Report Card test scores show that America’s 13-year-olds are scoring significantly worse in reading and math… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on SCOTUS Victory in ‘Biden v. Nebraska’
DFI releases statement on U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Biden v. Read More
DFI Statement on SCOTUS Ruling In ‘Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard’
Today’s ruling finally recognizes that the use of race in higher education admissions is anathema to the Constitution and our federal… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on SCOTUS Ruling In ‘Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard’
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement after the U.S. Read More
Fox News | Op-Ed: Biden’s school manifesto won’t confront this very real danger in our kids’ schools
Any White House hoping to escape public attention about a damaging issue drops harmful documents just before a long holiday weekend. A… Read More
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement from Co-Founder Jim Blew after… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on Biden’s Veto of Bill Blocking Mass Student Loan Forgiveness
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement from Robert S. Read More