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Explore the debate and science of Higher Ed Reform.

December 10, 2024

Education Priorities for Trump: Yes to Excellence and Accountability, No to Ideology and Business as Usual

Teresa R. Manning

The National Association of Scholars calls for Trump’s education policies to prioritize excellence, accountability, and school responsibility for student loans while rejecting ideological influe......

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November 5, 2024

The Next President Should . . .

Chance Layton

Higher ed reforms for the next administration and Congress.

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February 14, 2024

Utah's Senate Bill 226 Restores Western Civ Education

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars and the Civics Alliance enthusiastically endorse Utah Senate Bill 226, the School of General Education Act. If Utah passes SB 226 into law, it will become a l......

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October 26, 2023

Studies Departments Must Ditch Anti-Semitism

David Randall

Columbia’s illness is far deeper than one intemperate professor. Its institutions and culture should be reformed to root out every administrative tolerance for or complicity in Jew-hatred.

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July 20, 2023

Reform at Scale: A Map of NAS Initiatives by State

National Association of Scholars

UPDATED: An official tracker of the NAS and Civics Alliance's higher education reform efforts by state. We are working to defend academic freedom for faculty, students, and others, along......

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May 16, 2023

Testimony in Favor of Ohio Senate Bill 117

Peter Wood

The National Association of Scholars heartily endorses SB 117, and we urge Ohio’s legislators to pass this bill and Governor DeWine to sign it, as it is a necessary and well-tailored means to re......

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May 9, 2023

Higher Ed’s Terminal Bloat

Kali Jerrard

Colleges and universities continue to throw resources at administrators, new race and gender programs, and more while ignoring alarming internal and external trends. It’s time for high......

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January 9, 2023

NAS Celebrates the Nomination of Reform-Minded Trustees to the New College of Florida Board

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars is delighted with Governor Ron DeSantis’ nomination of six education reformers to the Board of Trustees of the New College of Florida.

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November 8, 2022

Will America's Educrats Pass the Midterm Exam?

Marina Ziemnick

A revolt at the polls may be coming—but not the kind that the Biden Administration seems to expect.

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October 25, 2022

A Blueprint for Higher Education Reform

Marina Ziemnick

If American higher education is to be reformed, the pressure must come from outside the institutions, not from within. NAS’s policy proposals will serve as a key tool in this project.

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