A group of intellectuals who have faced hostility for expressing their ideas are building their own institution of higher education in Austin, Texas, saying they can no longer wait for legacy universities to address pervasive intolerance on campuses.
“We are done waiting for the legacy universities to right themselves. And so we are building anew,” Pano Kanelos wrote in a newsletter announcing the establishment of the University of Austin (UATX). Kanelos, the former president of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, will serve as the founding president of the new school.
