Before he ever tried to tear down a wall, former president Ronald Reagan had a much more local foe: the University of California. Forty-eight years ago this past Saturday, the conservative California governor delivered a stirring sermon: The state budget was tight, education was expensive, and people shouldn’t be given “intellectual luxuries” on the state dime. Read more...
Photo: Ronald Reagan shaking hands on the campaign trail in 1966, only one year before he made a speech on the role and importance of higher education as California governor. (Courtesy of Brett Tatman)
