Recent Articles

Kudos to Ohio Advocates

OAS, the National Association of Scholars’ Ohio affiliate, has done exemplary work in making Ohio Senate Bill 1 possible.

Event: Professors Speak Out

Join us to hear testimonies from Nicholas Wolfinger, Jason Kilbron, and Robert Froderman about their investigations into questionable campus probes.

NAS, Coming to a Legislator Near You

NAS education reform efforts make their way around the nation in a slew of recent legislation.

Keeping Watch

Columbia's decent into chaos is by its own hand. Actions to right the university must be swift and tough.

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

Deciphering Censorship Disguised as Scientific Rigor

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on March 18, 2025. It was translated into English from French by the Observatory before being ed......

Sarah Lawrence Must Answer to Congress—And Rightly So

In the winter of 2024, the U.S. Department of Education announced that an investigation is underway at Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) over its anti-Semitic environment. The U.S. Department of Education’......

Reports

Waste Land

This report sheds a new light on the history of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), its abuses of policy, and recommendations for a path forward. The report's evidence, and the long-term politi......

Instagram the Intifada

This report maps the organization, leadership, and affiliations of America's largest pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas student organizations—Students for Justice in Palestine. 

Shifting Sands: Report IV

Shifting Sands: Zombie Psychology examines the science underlying implicit bias theory. The report finds that many researchers and legislators believe policies based on this theory are harmful. M......

Shadows of Influence

Foreign funding of American universities remains an open secret. This report details the underreporting of foreign gifts to universities by analyzing a complementary database compiled using public rec......

CounterCurrent


April 1, 2025

NAS, Coming to a Legislator Near You

NAS education reform efforts make their way around the nation in a slew of recent legislation....

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March 25, 2025

The Future of Federal Student Loans

The Trump administration’s decision to move the federal student loan portfolio to the Small Business Administration is being met with controversy....

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March 18, 2025

Mopping Up the DEI Mess

Ridding higher education of DEI practices is proving to be slow-going, but reform is still possible....

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Statements

NAS-Influenced Ohio Senate Bill 1 Becomes Law

Ohio Senate Bill 1 will invigorate higher education in Ohio and serve as a model of educational reform for the whole nation.

NAS Commends Trump Administration for Education Department Executive Order

Slash-and-burn is not enough: if it is to be closed forever, the Department of Education must be rooted out, statute by statute.

Press Releases

Scholars Urge Senate to Pass DETERRENT Act

We are thankful to the House for its passage of the DETERRENT Act and strongly urge the Senate to take up and act on this critical legislation.

Utah Adopts Legislation Inspired by the General Education Act

The new state law estabilishes a new "Center for Civic Excellence at Utah State University" to offer students courses in Western civilization and American civics rooted in the principles of cl......

Events

Event: Professors Speak Out

Join us to hear testimonies from Nicholas Wolfinger, Jason Kilbron, and Robert Froderman about their investigations into questionable campus probes.

Event: Humility, The Scientific Method, and Climate Change

Join the National Association of Scholars for a lecture by Francis Menton as part of our Future of Freedom Lecture Series.