Representative Elise Stefanik’s Crusade to Reshape Higher Education
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik made history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress, and the chief questioner of university presidents in the hearing heard around the world leading to the most watched Congressional testimony in history and an earthquake in higher education.
During a House Education committee hearing on rising antisemitism on university campuses, she pressed the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania on whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated their universities codes of conduct. They equivocated and said it depends on the context.
The exchange led to the resignations of multiple university presidents and a reckoning roiling through higher education. Soon after, Donald Trump nominated her as UN ambassador but withdrew the pick three months later to preserve the slim Republican Majority.
With the publication of Poisoned Ivies, Rep. Stefanik joins us to discuss how elite universities have abandoned free thought and debate for censorship, groupthink and antisemitism, trends she says now extend beyond campus.
In-Person and Online Event
Wednesday, April 22
6:30 PM
Free general admission
$36 general admission with a copy of the book