Conservative Think Tank AEI Names Ben Sasse Senior Fellow

"Sasse's AEI post and his continuing voice at other major conservative institutions- The Wall Street Journal has run at least three op-eds by him this year, including one calling on university board members across the country to stand up to faculty "radicals" and "encourage greater intellectual diversity"-shows he's not persona non grata after his abrupt exit from the University of Florida last year."

"Sasse attributed his resignation from UF to his wife's health, though the student newspaper, The Independent Florida Alligator, has reported the board may have forced him out. During the first year of his roughly 18-month presidency, his office spent more than $17 million. Sasse denied wrongdoing and argued that driving new initiatives at UF required major investments. Sasse, a Republican who represented Nebraska in the Senate, remains a professor in UF's Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education."

Ben Sasse has been named a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His AEI role will focus on higher education, innovation, technology, American history and culture, and national security. He continues to publish in conservative outlets, including multiple Wall Street Journal op-eds urging university boards to confront faculty "radicals" and encourage greater intellectual diversity. He resigned as University of Florida president citing his wife's health, while the student newspaper reported the board may have forced him out. His UF office spent more than $17 million in the first year; he denied wrongdoing and defended the expenditures as necessary. He remains a professor in UF's Hamilton Center and previously led Midland University.

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