Wiley College Announces Creation of a Historically Black Colleges and Universities Speech and Debate League
Wiley College, home of ‘The Great Debaters,’ leading timely organizing efforts among HBCUs with help of Charles Koch Foundation grant.
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The mikeroweWORKS Foundation to Fund SkillsUSA Scholarship Program
The mikeroweWORKS Foundation to Fund SkillsUSA Scholarship Program The mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation, and Koch Industries Inc. have teamed up to support the SkillsUSA Travel Scholarship Program, which provides funding for up to 100 students to travel to this year’s National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Mike Rowe and the mikeroweWORKS … Continued
USU Expands Huntsman Scholar Program, Launches Center for Growth and Opportunity
Utah State University has announced the expansion of its Huntsman Scholar Program and the launch of the Center for Growth and Opportunity, following a $50 million joint gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and the Huntsman Foundation. The new center will explore today’s most pressing issues through economic research and student engagement, and will engage … Continued
University of Virginia School of Law Announces Project Dedicated to Data-Based Criminal Justice Reform
The University of Virginia School of Law announced it will begin a project focused on improving the criminal justice system through the collection and analysis of criminal justice data. The Virginia Criminal Justice Policy Reform Project will be led by Professor Brandon Garrett, a wrongful convictions scholar, and the project’s first year of work will … Continued
UCLA Professor John Villasenor Finds College Students’ Hostility Towards Free Speech
The Charles Koch Foundation supports scholars and students working to understand and advance a culture that values free expression. We provide grants for research that explores free speech issues—across college campuses, in the media, through arts and culture, and within the ranks of established journalists. A new national survey, conducted by UCLA public policy professor … Continued
Saint Francis University Launches National Database on Occupational Regulation
Today, the Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation at Saint Francis University launched a comprehensive online database on occupational licensing regulation that tracks how state regulations impact licensed professionals in the U.S. workforce. The first of its kind, this interactive database will track state regulatory barriers based on occupation, starting with medical professionals such … Continued
A commitment to digital free speech: We stand with Techdirt
Today, the Charles Koch Foundation is proud to announce our sponsorship of Techdirt’s free speech initiative, alongside other foundations and organizations. This sponsorship will enable Techdirt to continue and expand its coverage of threats to free speech and the chilling efforts of those attacks. Techdirt is in the midst of a First Amendment fight for its life. … Continued
Korok Ray: A Novel Approach to Economics
Texas A&M economist Korok Ray on how he uses fiction to teach finance—and why he’s so fascinated by innovation.
New Ways to Learn at High Point University
With help from a Charles Koch Foundation grant, Professors Stephanie Crofton and Daniel Hall created an opportunity for student programmers at High Point University to develop an economics app that hundreds of students and experimental economists around the world now use. Enhancing experiential learning, the app challenges students’ understanding of economic principles and simulates how … Continued
Rajshree Agarwal: The Importance of Empowerment
As an immigrant from India and an expert on free enterprise, Rajshree Agarwal holds a firm belief: “America is built on the idea of production and creation.”