Conservatives have championed limited federal government, local control and the protection of free speech. The Trump administration's proposal runs afoul of all three. Opinion contributor

The Trump administration’s latest move to reshape higher education – its so-called Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education – is a dangerous overreach, even if parts of it sound appealing at first glance.

Yes, freezing tuition; expanding science, technology, engineering and math education; and promoting conservative voices in academia are worthy goals. But using the power of the federal government to pressure universities into political compliance sets a precedent no conservative should support.

As a lifelong conservative, a former Republican legislator and now a professor at George M

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