Our Work
Publications
Articles, journal papers, and media appearances from members of the Council.
New report
An Analysis of the Undergraduate Curriculum at the University of Texas at Austin, 2011–2025
Our first major report examines the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Texas at Austin from 2011 to 2025, tracing what students are — and are not — assigned to read across American civics and the great books tradition.
Colleges Teach Gender and Race. They Ignore Class.
Jon Shields and Corey Tazzara
The Chronicle of Higher Education
How professors teach contentious political issues
Jon Shields, Yuval Avnur, Stephanie Muravchik
Theory and Society 55, 60 (2026)
Professors Need to Diversify What They Teach
Jon Shields, Yuval Avnur, Stephanie Muravchik
Persuasion
These Scholarly Topics Are Hotly Debated. So Why Don't Syllabi Reflect That?
Jon Shields, Stephanie Muravchik, and Yuval Avnur
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A conversation in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Trump and the Ivy League
Religion and Ethics Report, ABC Radio National
Radio segment.