1. Let's stop thinking of ourselves as alumni of this or that particular college. Let's regard ourselves as alumni of American higher education and reward and support outstanding programs in higher ed wherever they exist--whether or not that's one's own alma mater. Here are some:

2. The Arete Initiative at Duke University, led by Director, and Associate Professor of Classics and Political Science, Jed Atkins and Associate Director Dr. John Rose: https://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/arete-initiative/

3. The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, led by Professor of Political Science Paul Carrese.

4. The Collegium Institute at the University of Pennsylvania led by its Executive Director, Dan Cheely, Ph.D. and the Penn Initiative for the Study of Markets led by Professor of Economics Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde. https://www.collegiuminstitute.org/ 

5. The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, led by its Director, Professor Tyler VanderWeele. https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/ 

6. The Program for Public Discouse at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, led by its Director, Professor Sarah Treul and its Executive Director, Assistant Professor Kevin Marinelli. https://publicdiscourse.web.unc.edu/ 

7. The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, which I direct and whose Executive Director is Bradford Wilson, Ph.D. https://jmp.princeton.edu/ 

8. The Moral Philosophy Project at the University of Chicago and the Hyde Park Institute, directed by Professor of Philosophy Candace Vogler. https://hydeparkinstitute.org/chicago-moral-philosophy-project/

9. The Institute for the Study of Capitalism at Clemson University, led by Professor of Political Science C. Brad Thompson. https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/capitalism/

10: The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, led by Professor of Law O. Carter Snead. https://ethicscenter.nd.edu/people/ocs/ 

11. The McHugh Program for Human Flourishing at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, led by Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Margaret Chisolm. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/education/flourishing/