We take seriously the idea that a republic cannot long survive without a virtuous citizenry,” says Brenda Hafera of The Fund for American Studies.
TFAS’s mission is to “win over each new generation to the ideas of liberty, limited government, and free markets” by offering educational programs for students and young journalists around the world.
Charles Edison, a former governor of New Jersey and son of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, founded TFAS in 1967 amid sweeping cultural changes spurred in part by the sexual revolution and opposition to the Vietnam War. Edison gathered top American scholars and intellectuals such as National Review founder William F. Buckley to teach college students about the American political tradition.
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