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Read thoughts and initiatives from the National Association of Scholars.

February 6, 2013

The Transformational Decade

Daniel Asia

The University of Arizona debuts its new hip-hop major.

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February 6, 2013

More of That Silly "We've Gotta Put More People Through College" Research

George Leef

Leef and Jenna Robinson take a critical look at the SHEEO study and find that its conclusions do not logically follow from its premises.

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February 5, 2013

California Scholars Confront Regents on UC Politicization

John Ellis

The California Association of Scholars, a division of NAS, challenges the Board of Regents to address political activism in the classroom at the University of California. 

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February 4, 2013

The Put On of the Century, or the Cage Centenary

Daniel Asia

It is the John Cage Centenary and the 100th birthday of the Rite of Spring. Why is the former so unimportant, and the latter so important?

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February 1, 2013

The Schools of "Becoming Right"

Robert VerBruggen

VerBruggen reveals the identities of the "Eastern Elite" and "Western Flagship" referred to in the new book Becoming Right.

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