When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis turned the board of a Florida state college from “a bubble of progressive ideas” to something approaching everyday America, the left went mad, accusing DeSantis of “destroying” the college. But rearranging a board of directors is rarely enough to turn a college around, let alone make a lasting change, as Richard Vedder recently noted. Since William Buckley’s “God and Man at Yale,” conservatives have lamented that “the left owns the universities,” and thus begin our troubles, particularly in the institutions that shape culture.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a conservative, Christian liberal arts college in the nation’s financial and cultural capital, New York City? One that produced graduates who go on to top law schools, work for premiere financial institutions, and create award-winning culture?
There is. But there might not be for much longer.
The King’s College has operated in the heart of New York City since 1999. In New York, it can influence culture in ways many schools cannot.
As the youngest ever executive secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and as a policy adviser who worked extensively with the Departments of State and Education, we can say King’s prepared us well to engage with the world, whether with Goldman Sachs or Ivy League alumni. But New York City brings unique challenges that now leave King’s on the brink of financial failure.
New York’s crippling Covid-19 shutdowns, which far outpaced the rest of the country, left King’s and other nonprofits
