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Projects
Books
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Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus, by Donald A. Downs
Faulty Towers: Tenure and the Structure of Higher Education, by Ryan C. Amacher and Roger E. Meiners
Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools? New Strategies for Educational Excellence, by Richard K. Vedder, with a foreword by Chester E. Finn, Jr.
School Choices: True and False, by John D. Merrifield
The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus, by David O. Sacks and Peter A. Thiel, with a foreword by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
The Academy in Crisis: The Political Economy of Higher Education, edited by John W. Sommer, with a foreword by Nathan Glazer
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Articles
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Articles by Jonathan Bean
Articles by Donald A. Downs
Articles by John D. Merrifield
Articles by John W. Sommer
Articles by Peter A. Thiel
Articles by Richard K. Vedder
Articles by José Maria J. Yulo
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Press Releases
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Scholars Win $21,000 in Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest, October 5, 2009
Independent Scholarship Fund Opens Doors for Bay Area Students, August 25, 2009
Applications Now Available for the 2010 Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest, June 23, 2009
Scholarship Applications Now Available for East Bay Students, January 15, 2009
Independent Scholarship Fund Gives Bay Area Students an Alternative, October 10, 2008
Independent Institute Announces Winners of Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest, October 10, 2008
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Events
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The Challenge of Liberty: Summer Seminars for Students (high school and college students)
Solving America’s Public School Crisis (2/20/03)
Truth and Propaganda in Politically Correct America (8/14/01)
Why Are the Public Schools Failing and What Can Be Done? (7/5/01)
Affirmative Action: Pro and Con (4/25/00)
What Should Be Done with America's Schools? (4/13/99)
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School Programs
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The Challenge of Liberty: Summer Seminars for Students (high school and college students)
Independent Scholarship Fund (K-12 students)
Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest (college students and junior faculty)
Student Internships (college students)
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Other Resources (archives of articles and studies)
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Culture/Society
Education
Family
Political Ideology and Philosophy
Race Issues
Religion
Science
Urban Issues
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