The UCP responded to the FAC conference by issuing a report criticizing widespread right-wing influence on university campuses.
The co-editor of the report, Rich Cowan, said the funding for many campus right-wing projects can be traced to several corporate foundations. These foundations also contributed funds to the FAC, the report charges.
"We have noticed that the groups represented today at Harvard are the same groups that have received millions of dollars per year from the big corporate foundations," Cowan said.
FAC members, however, emphasize the nonpartisan nature of their organization.
"We are rising above the conservative-liberal dichotomy in defense of freedoms that should be guaranteed to all," said Gentry.
Panel speaker and Swarthmore College FAC Chapter founder Vijay K. Toke agreed. "The First Amendment transcends party lines," he said.