Robert Maranto

Robert Maranto is the 21st Century Chair in Leadership at the University of Arkansas, and with others has edited or written 15 books, including The Free Inquiry Papers (AEI, 2025). He edits the Journal of School Choice and served on his local school board from 2015-20. These opinions are his alone.

December 9, 2025

The Case Against Racial Essentialism in Academia—and in America
July 15, 2025

At Oxford, the Pride Flag Is the New Union Jack
October 14, 2024

Both Sides Threaten Democracy—It’s Time Leftist Professors Admit It
September 18, 2024

How UCLA Embraced “Judenfrei”: The Willful Ignorance of Fundamentalist Professors
April 29, 2024

Trump, Harvard, and Godfather Politics
March 14, 2023

Don’t Fire Dilbert! Colleges Segregate More than He Does
March 4, 2021

Work, Not Woke—Why on Race, U.S. Higher Education Should Copy the U.S. Army
February 10, 2021

History, Heritage, and the Many Troubles with 1619
October 29, 2020

Don’t Go for Woke: Microaggressions are unscientific
February 23, 2017

Can America Survive Its Elites?
December 7, 2014

What I’d Add to College Rankings
October 27, 2014

Bryn Mawr and the Confederate Flag
May 3, 2010

The Politically Correct University and How to Fix It