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PRESS RELEASE: Higher Education Finance Reform Coalition Calls on Biden Administration to End Plans for Backdoor Student Loan Cancellation

WASHINGTON—In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education, a coalition of higher education finance reform experts led by the Defense of Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI-Led Coalition Calls on Biden Administration to Extend Public Comment Period for Proposed Title IX Athletics Regulation

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and a coalition fighting to save women’s sports is calling on the Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on Biden Administration’s Proposed Title IX Changes Impacting Women’s Sports

WASHINGTON – Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) President Bob Eitel released the following statement on the Read More

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Washington Examiner | Op-Ed: Stanford Law’s refusal to enforce its free speech policies calls into question its accreditation

Many reasons exist for the recent free speech debacle at Stanford Law School , where students shouted down Kyle Duncan Read More

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Fox News | Op-Ed: Give parents this simple solution to take back their rights in education

Today’s parents’ rights movement demonstrates that little has changed in the public school wars since the days of Ronald Reagan. Like Read More

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National Review | Op-Ed: Just Do It – A Plan to Close the Federal Department of Education

Conservatives have spent decades talking about abolishing the agency. Here’s how a future Republican administration could actually get Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Hires Seasoned Litigator Donald A. Daugherty, Jr.

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) announced today that Donald A. Daugherty, Jr. Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Calls on Biden Administration to Drop Proposed Rule That Strips Campus Religious Student Organizations of First Amendment Rights

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) is calling on the Biden administration to end its assault on Read More

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BLOG: The Nation’s Largest Teacher Union to Show True Colors at Radical Leadership Summit

The nation’s largest teacher union, the National Education Association (NEA), is about to spend the weekend training activists to Read More

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DFI Releases New Report Calling the Higher Education Accreditation Process Broken, Proposes Changes to Better Protect Students, Taxpayers

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released a new report today proposing major changes to federal Read More

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NEW REPORT: More than 3 Million Students Permitted to Change Name, Pronouns Without Parental Consent While Access to OTC Medication Requires Parental Permission

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released a new report today that finds eight of the nation’s 20 Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: Diverse Coalition Calls on Department of Education to End Its Plan to Rewrite Title IX Rules Governing Women’s Sports  

WASHINGTON—A diverse coalition of more than 28 organizations representing parents, athletes, public interest lawyers, policy experts, Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Leads Coalition to Challenge Biden Administration’s Plan to Rush Changes to Income-Driven Repayment

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) today issued a coalition letter to Education Secretary Miguel Read More

In the News
New York Post | Op-Ed: Chinese money is flooding into American higher education — with little transparency

China, like many of our global adversaries, is attempting nothing short of espionage via America’s colleges and universities — buying Read More

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Real Clear Education | Op-Ed: Higher Ed Should Disclose China Ties Or Lose Federal Funding

China, like many of our global adversaries, is attempting nothing short of espionage via America’s colleges and universities — buying Read More

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Wall Street Journal | Op-Ed: Biden Doesn’t Have the Power to Cancel Student Debt

Five former education secretaries tell the Supreme Court that his debt cancellation program would fundamentally alter the separation of Read More

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BLOG: Amid Education Turmoil, Catholic Schools Thrive

This week marks Celebrate Catholic Schools Week, and there’s a lot to celebrate. From the fact that they were among the first to reopen Read More

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BLOG: School Choice is the Antidote to Teacher Union Hypocrisy

If someone were to read the public statements from the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Read More

In the News
Fox News | Op-Ed: Ron DeSantis’s Blueprint to Dominate Teachers’ Union Bosses

Governor DeSantis announced to Florida school board members and future candidates in December an ambitious "Freedom Blueprint" that would Read More

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NEW REPORT: DFI Exposes How Unions Use Collective Bargaining Agreements to Force Woke Ideology on Teachers and Students

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released a new report today revealing how teacher union bosses use Read More