BOULDER, Colo.—Officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder—long considered a stronghold of liberal thought—say $1 million in donations will fund a series of conservative guest scholars.
The Daily Camera ( ) reports CU first unveiled plans in 2007 to establish a “Visiting Chair in Conservative Thought and Policy,” an endowment that would require $7 million to $9 million to establish. But the economy forced the university to scale back those plans and run a pilot program to bring visiting scholars to the campus for at least three years.
Todd Gleeson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, says the scholars will teach on subjects such as the Federalist papers and theories of small government, as well as examine conservative approaches to economic theories.
More than 20 donors have pledged their support.
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Information from: Daily Camera,
