Neetu Arnold, Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute, is sounding the alarm on the false promises of campus reform.
“A lot of these universities still have much deeper work to do… I don’t think it’s about intellectual diversity. I think it’s about protecting certain activist departments from further scrutiny.”
At a time when many schools are rebranding themselves as defenders of free inquiry, Neetu warns that this new language may simply shield entrenched ideological departments from accountability.
Her argument is a wake-up call: if institutions truly care about intellectual diversity, they must create space for all perspectives—not just the progressive orthodoxy that dominates many faculties today.
AFSA remains committed to holding universities accountable until that vision is real.
