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Larry Arnn

Disciplines:
history/churchill
hillsdale
constitution

Summary

President of Hillsdale College (2000–) — Churchill scholar — author of Churchill's Trial (on Churchill and democracy) — who has made Hillsdale the most prominent conservative liberal arts college in America through a free online course curriculum reaching millions.

Core Contribution

Creates the Hillsdale model of conservative liberal arts education as a national media brand — Arnn's expansion of Hillsdale's online courses (Constitution 101, etc.) turned a small Michigan college into the most-followed conservative educational institution in America.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Hillsdale refuses all federal funding and has since 1844 — this refusal means they also don't report to federal education statistics; the principled rejection of federal money is their founding identity and enables their curriculum independence, but also insulates them from accountability to anyone outside their own board
  • Has personal access to the Churchill archives — built a relationship with the Churchill family that gave Hillsdale the most complete Churchill collection outside Britain; the College's Churchill museum and archives is the most serious American Churchill scholarship institution

Notable Works & Achievements

The Founders' Key

Churchill's Trial

Liberty and Learning

Historical Influences

Winston Churchill Martin Diamond Aristotle

Intellectual Lineage

Arkansas Arkansas CollegeClaremont Graduate SchoolChurchill archives Hillsdale

Contemporaries & Peers

Thomas KlingensteinPaul Rahe Roger Kimball

Minds Influenced

Conservative higher education

Intellectual Posterity

Hillsdale College national expansionChurchill's Trial Hillsdale online courses

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