Eve and Kieryn chat about the right-wing extremist pivot to taking down all public education institutions. We’ve talked in prior episodes about radical right-wing groups taking over K-12 education, and today we explain dog whistles of “clasical liberal” education and how even well-meaning leftists are furthering the agenda to dismantle public universities and libraries.

**Notes**

• https://time.com/6309612/christopher-rufo-public-universities-deceptive-essay/
• https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-college-of-florida-abolishes-gender-studies
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/05/15/desantis-defunds-diversity-programs-florida-universities-gen-z/70220061007/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
• https://truthout.org/articles/will-wvus-draconian-cuts-become-a-blueprint-for-austerity-across-higher-ed/
• https://www.axios.com/2023/08/30/west-virginia-university-foreign-language-classes
• https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/west-virginia-university-cuts-programs.html
• https://www.thenation.com/article/society/wvu-cuts-higher-education/