Leaders are created by delegating authority. The program also has followed the principle of cooperating with other conservative campus groups. An early CLP focus is incorporating campus units as Sect. The nonprofit status also ensures that any new chapter will stay nonpartisan. It won't make endorsements of national or local candidates but will stay focused on campus issues.
Incorporation usually is followed by formation of a conservative campus newspaper.
It also gives practical training in newspaper publishing and writing to wouldbe campus journalists. The CLP's success in establishing new campus groups suggests Blackwell's plan is succeeding. In that time, we have created 204 campus groups in 37 states. In fact, the CLP's growth rate amounts to an impressive 15 new chapters every semester, all the more remarkable for taking place on college campuses, which conservatives long have considered a liberal playground. CLP activists say the fact that campuses are so heavily liberal may work to the CLP's advantage.