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Adam Kissel

Adam Kissel was deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs at the U.S. Department of Education, vice president and defense director at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, senior program officer at the Charles Koch Foundation, and director of civic and higher education programs at The Philanthropy Roundtable. He lives and works in West Virginia, is a senior fellow at the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy, and has clients in higher education policy and philanthropy. His dog Frank is named after Benjamin Franklin.

Articles by Adam Kissel

A Liberal Calls Out Intolerant Leftists Who Smother Free Speech on Campus

May 20, 2015 · Adam Kissel

The rise of intolerance on campus and beyond makes a new book by columnist and television commentator Kirsten Powers a must-read. If you do not yet believe that American higher education is smothered in intolerance of diverse ideas, read The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech.

How to Build a Center for Freedom at Your University

Oct 29, 2008 · Adam Kissel

A specialist in creating academic centers offers conservative and libertarian faculty ten strategies for success.