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| Abbreviation | ISI |
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| Formation | 22 June 1953 (72 years ago) (22 June 1953) |
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| Type | nonprofit |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Purpose | Education |
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President | John A. Burtka IV[a] |
Chairman | Thomas E. Lynch |
| Revenue | $7,078,238[b] (2020[c]) |
| Expenses | $6,195,894[b] (2020[c]) |
| Website | isi |
TheIntercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) is a nonprofit educational organization that promotesconservative thought on college campuses.[1][2] It was founded in 1953 byFrank Chodorov withWilliam F. Buckley Jr. as its first president.[3] It sponsors lectures and debates on college campuses, publishes books and journals, provides funding and editorial assistance to theCollegiate Network, a support program conservative andlibertarian college newspapers, and finances graduate fellowships.[4]
Some financial information about the organization is published on their website (forFYE 30 June 2021);[5] however, their financials shown on their website differ somewhat from their filed IRS Form-990.[6] For their fiscal year ending 30 June 2021,[b] their donations were $5,809,831, their revenue was $7,078,238, and their expenses were $6,195,894.
In 1953,Frank Chodorov founded ISI as theIntercollegiate Society of Individualists, with a youngYale University graduateWilliam F. Buckley Jr. as president.[7][8] E. Victor Milione, ISI's next and longest-serving president, established publications, a membership network, a lecture and conference program, and a graduate fellowship program. ISI has been teaching various forms of intellectual conservatism on college campuses ever since.[9] In the 1980s, ISI and its journalContinuity, edited byPaul Gottfried, were known to feature someneo-Confederate views.[10]
Past ISI president and formerReagan administration officialT. Kenneth Cribb led the institute from 1989 until 2011,[11] when Christopher G. Long took over. Cribb is credited with expanding ISI's revenue from one million dollars that year to $13,636,005 in 2005.[citation needed] John A. Burtka IV became president of ISI in September 2020.[12] ISI lists its core beliefs aslimited government,individual liberty,personal responsibility, therule of law,free-market economics, and traditionalJudeo-Christian values.[3] ISI is a member of the advisory board ofProject 2025,[13] a collection ofconservative andright-wing policy proposals fromthe Heritage Foundation to reshape theUnited States federal government and consolidateexecutive power should theRepublican nominee win the2024 presidential election.[14]
ISI runs a number of programs on college campuses, including student societies and student papers. It publishes a series of "Student's Guide to..." books, such asA Student's Guide to Liberal Learning.[15][independent source needed] It hosts conferences and other events featuring conservative speakers and academics, and provides funding for students to attend. In this funding capacity ISI is affiliated with the Liberty Fund.[citation needed] ISI administers theCollegiate Network, which provides editorial and financial outreach to conservative and libertarian student journalists.[16][17]
Periodicals issued by ISI include:
In the fall of 2006, ISI published the findings of its survey of the teaching of America's history and institutions in higher education. The Institute reported, as the title suggests, that there is a "coming crisis in citizenship."[21][22][verification needed]
Until 2023, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute operated ISI Books, which published books on conservative issues and distributed a number of books from other publishers.[23] Its focus was largely on the humanities, the foundations of Western culture, American history, and conservative political themes. In 2023, ISI Books was acquired byRegnery Publishing.[24][25]
In the summer of 2005, ISI Books publishedIt Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good by Pennsylvania Republican SenatorRick Santorum. The book premiered at No. 13 on theNew York Times Best Seller list. Passages from it generated controversy duringSantorum's 2006 reelection campaign andhis 2012 presidential campaign.[26]
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