The Madison Center for Educational Affairs was a

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public policy organization that is the result of a 1990 merger between the Institute For Educational Affairs and the Madison Center. As of 2009, the organization was defunct, reporting no assets or income or federal non-profit tax filings. The Institute For Education Affairs was founded in 1978 by

William E. Simon William Edward Simon (November 27, 1927 – June 3, 2000) was an American businessman and philanthropist who served as the 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury. He became the Secretary of the Treasury on May 9, 1974, during the Nixon admi ...

and

Irving Kristol Irving Kristol (; January 22, 1920 – September 18, 2009) was an American journalist who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism". As a founder, editor, and contributor to various magazines, he played an influential role in the intellectual ...

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was originally a project coordinated by the Institute For Education Affairs. In 1979, the IEA founded the

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to help support

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and libertarian college newspapers. Among others, IEA supported Counterpoint Magazine, founded at the University of Chicago by

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and

Tod Lindberg Tod Lindberg is an American political expert and a current Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, having previously been at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. His research focuses on political theory, international relations, national secur ...

in 1979; and

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, founded by

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in 1984.

William Bennett William John Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of director of the Office of ...

, Allan Bloom, and

Harvey Mansfield Harvey Claflin Mansfield Jr. (born March 21, 1932) is an American political philosophy, political philosopher. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1962. He has held Guggenheim F ...

founded the Madison Center in 1988. In 1987, Irving Kristol helped

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found

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with the help of the MCEA.

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