The Intercollegiate Studies Institute ISI is the nonprofit educational organization that promotes conservative thought on college campuses.
It was founded in 1953 by Frank Chodorov with William F. Buckley Jr. as its first president. It sponsors lectures and debates on college campuses, publishes books together with journals, helps funding and editorial assist to a network of conservative and libertarian college newspapers, and finances graduate fellowships.
ISI runs a number of everyone on college campuses, including student societies and student papers. It publishes a series of "Student's assistance to..." books, such(a) as A Student's assist to Liberal Learning.[] It hosts conferences and other events featuring conservative speakers and academics, and helps funding for students to attend. In this funding capacity ISI is affiliated with the Liberty Fund.[]
ISI administers the Collegiate Network, which provides editorial and financial outreach to conservative and libertarian student journalists.