The sky was darkening, and the snow started pounding on the Old Capitol building in Iowa City. Inside, a group of conservative academics, administrators, and regents prepared for the arrival of Gov.

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The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities. A Republican lawyer, not an academic, now runs the ...

Christopher F. Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and the author of "America’s Cultural Revolution." This essay was first published in City ...