The Republicans’ missive to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona highlights criticisms conservatives frequently apply to colleges. Those include that college administrators suppress speech that doesn’t align with “political correctness” and that they indoctrinate students with liberal values.
Faith in higher education eroded in recent years, particularly among conservatives, studies have shown. About 60% of Republicans in a 2019 Pew Research Center poll said colleges contribute to a negative direction of the U.S. — up from just 37% four years earlier.
