Solid Foundation

LK: Professor Heidel, in 1989 you founded a group called the Educational Freedom Foundation, whose charter reads in part: 'We will work to expose and oppose special interests and left-wing pressure groups whenever they become a threat to academic freedom.' Could you tell us more about the E.F.F. and its activities?

EH: The Foundation is just an association of concerned scholars from around the country. We depend on volunteer effort and some modest support from private charities. We publish a newsletter and coordinate with media and opinion leaders to reveal undemocratic and restrictive practices like those of the Agnew Committee on my campus.

LK: Do you draw a salary as head of this group?

EH: No I don't Larry, though I do have a small support budget to take care of printing, mailing, and miscellaneous overhead.