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And if winflop and others are concerned that conservative voices are no longer welcome on campus, do not worry. The Hoover Institution is stronger than it has ever been.  Stanford has now helped grow Hoover's endowment to over $750M (bigger than the endowments of many colleges). It is currently run by Stanford's former provost and has an annual budget of almost $80M. Its fellows include Stanford law professors and faculty members from many other departments.  Many Hoover affiliates played major roles in the Trump administration, including National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.  Hoover's facilities are in the center of campus (right next to the Quad) and have grown with sparkling new research buildings and lecture halls added in recent years. They regularly host high profile conservative speakers and others on campus without incident.

The Hoover Institution On War Revolution and Peace "seeks to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity, while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind.  It is the essentially now the only "center/right" organization at Stanford.  It has a budget of $80 million.  Stanford's budget is $8 billion+.  Hoover punches above its weight because of the notoriety, quality, and experience of its Fellows, but it is basically a pimple on Stanford's *ss.  It is separate, but not entirely apart, from Stanford's Undergraduate and Graduate mission.

The Stanford Research Institute was also separate and apart from Stanford's central mission until it was separated from Stanford in response to student protests in 1970.  Of course, nobody is suggesting that for Hoover.  Right?

Some of us who were students in the early 1980s remember the effort to separate Hoover from Stanford.  That effort was led, in part, by students in the law school.  One of them was the brother of a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 election. My bet is that it will happen again. I fear that the Hoover Institution's long term affiliation with Stanford is tenuous, at best.

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And if winflop and others are concerned that conservative voices are no longer welcome on campus, do not worry. The Hoover Institution is stronger than it has ever been.  Stanford has now helped grow Hoover's endowment to over $750M (bigger than the endowments of many colleges). It is currently run by Stanford's former provost and has an annual budget of almost $80M. Its fellows include Stanford law professors and faculty members from many other departments.  Many Hoover affiliates played major roles in the Trump administration, including National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.  Hoover's facilities are in the center of campus (right next to the Quad) and have grown with sparkling new research buildings and lecture halls added in recent years. They regularly host high profile conservative speakers and others on campus without incident.

The Hoover Institution On War Revolution and Peace "seeks to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity, while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind.  It is the essentially now the only "center/right" organization at Stanford.  It has a budget of $80 million.  Stanford's budget is $8 billion+.  Hoover punches above its weight because of the notoriety, quality, and experience of its Fellows, but it is basically a pimple on Stanford's *ss.  It is separate, but not entirely apart, from Stanford's Undergraduate and Graduate mission.

The Stanford Research Institute was also separate and apart from Stanford's central mission until it was separated from Stanford in response to student protests in 1970.  Of course, nobody is suggesting that for Hoover.  Right?

Some of us who were students in the early 1980s remember the effort to separate Hoover from Stanford.  That effort was led, in part, by students in the law school.  One of them was the brother of a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 election. My bet is that it will happen again. I fear that the Hoover Institution's long term affiliation with Stanford is tenuous, at best.