Posted on 09/13/2026 9:53:10 AM PDT by Twotone
For decades, aspiring young Americans have followed a predictable formula: high school, college, debt. But at the Turning Point USA prep year program, 18-year-old students are encouraged to pause, learn how to think, and discover their true purpose before committing to that considerable investment.
Dr. David Arnott, dean of the program, reflects on why the biggest problem in America isn't merely economics: it's character and wisdom. The mission is bold: use a year of classical, liberal arts education to mold the next generation of America's conservative leaders.
Dr. Arnott sat down with Fox News at FreedomFest in Las Vegas to discuss how TPUSA's prep year is fulfilling Charlie Kirk's educational vision for America's youth:
"It is an ‘education about economics’ problem. I started my lecture here yesterday at FreedomFest asking the question, ‘why do we keep falling for socialism?’ And I tried to answer that question. And that's what I've been studying over the last 12 years as a Christian economist.
"How do we distribute goods in a fallen world? And so, I was asked by the people at Turning Point USA to be their dean of the prep year program in Fort Worth. Charlie Kirk's first book in 2022 was called ‘The College Scam.’ In 2026, he implemented his idea for education.
"On Sept. 2, the first class met in Fort Worth. He was assassinated eight days later on Sept. 10. What we're trying to do at prep year is to implement Charlie Kirk's idea for education."
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Without an army of bodyguards there will not be a lot of volunteers to be another Charlie Kirk.
I’d love to see what their reading list is.
Just a few days ago I was wondering if there is a definitive Charlie Kirk Reading List. I find things on the web like https://allstarpress.com/charlie-kirks-reading-list/ but nothing definitive and very little on the tpusa.com website.
Not necessarily true in CCW States. If enough Antifa jihadis are interdicted, they'll crawl back into their snivelling holes planning a mass murder attack instead.
If enough Antifa jihadis are interdicted, they’ll crawl back into their snivelling holes planning a mass murder attack instead
Speaking of which, as a meme I saw yesterday, the usual summer riots have dried up, thanks to USAID having dried up.
LOL - that is so naive. I have no idea how to respond.
90% of USA classical liberal arts professors are card carrying Marxists!
The other 10% are political cowards who are desperately trying to hold on to a tenured job position.
Classical liberal arts. Not lefty Liberal Arts that they get in mainstream universities.
Excellent idea!
Worth donating to and supporting.
Touching our future!
The ultimate retribution would be if a 100 new Charlie Kirks grew from this. Like has been said, it’s a little scarier now knowing what you risk.
Yes, that was a very smart move on Trump's part.
I don’t think they were intending on using liberal professors for this. I think the point is a ‘classic’ liberal education in which people learn about the genesis of the thinking that led us to the foundation of America - the great experiment that for the first time made government subservient to the citizens and that emphasizes that our rights are endowed upon us by God, not given to us by government.
No so. There are a number of them who have taken up the torch. I like Will Witt in particular
https://www.tpusastudents.com/speakers/willwitt
Charlie Kirk was wrong in supposing the left can be engaged with rational debate, and it cost him his life.
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