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Read thoughts and initiatives from the National Association of Scholars.

April 10, 2014

Letter to Brandeis University President

Jay Bergman

NAS board member and Brandeis alumnus Professor Jay Bergman, expresses his disappointment in the decision not to honor Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

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April 10, 2014

The Liberal Arts Are in Trouble - Should We Celebrate?

Peter Wood

Minding the Campus holds a symposium on the question of whether the decline of the liberal arts is actually constructive. 

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April 9, 2014

Documenting Discrimination in Hiring and Promotion

Peter Wood

NAS seeks to identify academics who believe they have been denied hiring or promotion on the basis of race, ethnicity, or sex.

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April 7, 2014

Fault Lines: The Common Core in California

Peter Wood

In an exchange with a Common Core defender, Peter Wood investigates K-12 standards in California. 

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April 7, 2014

Top Five Environmental Themes in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah

Rachelle Peterson

The recent movie reimagines Noah as a prophet of environmental sustainability. 

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