American Campus Podcast

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Revenge of Bob Jones U: Religious colleges and their tax exemptions with Adam Laats

August 13, 2025 • Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

We forgot to mention Bob Jones was the son of a Confederate veteran.

References mentioned this episode:

Adam Laats’s website
Adam Laats. April 28, 2025. Trump Is Out for Revenge. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Jim Fraser. 2025. Religion and the American University. Johns Hopkins University Press.

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