
Civitas Institute
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A community of scholars at @UTAustin committed to exploring the ideas that sustain free societies and enable individuals to flourish. @civitasoutlook @UTCivics
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A new founding: Nice reporting today by RealClearInvestigations on efforts in Texas to rebuild liberal education in the best sense at UT Civic Leadership and University of Austin (UATX), & sound principles of constitutionalism, economics, civil society at Civitas Institute. realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/…


"Civics advocates describe their schools and curricula as nonpartisan and apolitical, but at the same time, anchored in the vision of America’s founding principles that were erected upon the foundation of Western Civilization." John Murawski at RealClearInvestigations on SCL:



“Today, we must restore classic civic education at the University of Texas at Austin” Greg Abbott at the announcement of UT Civic Leadership #HookEm #txlege



The University’s newest school UT Civic Leadership will gain a permanent home, thanks to a $100 million investment from the The University of Texas System Board of Regents to renovate UT’s Biological Laboratories building. The funds will enable generations of students to study civic education at Texas’s


Great The Wall Street Journal story today about the UT Civic Leadership School. The school and its research and publications arm - Civitas Institute - are excellent! They brighten the future of Texas. wsj.com/opinion/univer…

"A rare bright spot in American higher education these days is the trend of universities starting new schools for civic inquiry and debate." -Wall Street Journal Opinion on UT Austin and UT Civic Leadership wsj.com/opinion/univer…

AIER's David C. Rose explains at Civitas Institute: civitasinstitute.org/research/closi…

A Revival of Classical Education is Underway. John Murawski discusses his in-depth report on these schools, the criticisms they face, and the broader cultural and political forces shaping this academic counter-revolution. Maggie Miller realclearinvestigations.com/video/2025/05/…

"Universities cultivate many forms of excellence, from the excellence of the engineer to the excellence of the composer. The excellence specific to the citizen deserves to take its place among them." American Enterprise Institute's Ben and Jenna Storey on the rise of civics: aei.org/social-cultura…

My article in RCM addresses most favored pricing in the pharmaceutical industry. Check it out! Civitas Institute realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/…

SLS's Michael McConnell was a part of a white paper, "Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means," published by the Civitas Institute, on religious liberty issues. Read it here: stanford.io/45iIhvX

New book review up at Civitas Institute on Hale and Landy's book Keeping the Republic civitasinstitute.org/research/is-th…


"While the 'state actor' question may seem arcane, it has enormous consequences. The true promise of charter schools is that they are an alternative to traditional public schools." Michael Toth at The Federalist on SCOTUS and faith-based charter schools: thefederalist.com/2025/05/28/cha…
