The coronavirus pandemic has and will continue to change many aspects of life. Higher education is no exception, which raises the question of how the conservative approach to higher education should change in response to the pandemic. A conservative response to the coronavirus should include liability protection from virus-related lawsuits, deregulation of competency-based education, voucherization of state funding, and the introduction of alternative accountability metrics. These conservative policy reforms can help higher education get through the current coronavirus epidemic and lay the foundations for a durable and innovative higher education system that America will need to succeed in the future. The key takeaways from this report include: (1) Policymakers should enact real reforms in higher education that allow new educational models, free from excessive government interference, to emerge; (2) The COVID-19 pandemic brought substantial shocks to higher education, from forcing online-only learning to drops in enrollment and state funding; and (3) This is a perfect time to decelerate the politicization of higher education, which threatens free speech and academic freedom.