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Read thoughts and initiatives from the National Association of Scholars.

April 20, 2012

Student Editors Weigh In On OWS, Sustainability, Other Issues

Glenn Ricketts

Student press corps regulars size the Occupy Wall Street movement and other current issues.

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April 20, 2012

What, If Anything, To Do About Tenure?

George Leef

Tenure should be left to "bottom-up" decision processes.

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April 19, 2012

U Cal President Yudof Responds to CAS Report, CAS Leaders Reply

Glenn Ricketts

The recent NAS report, "A Crisis of Competence, " evoked comment from the head of the University of California system, to which the CAS authors of the report replied

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April 19, 2012

U California President Yudof Says Political Advocacy Is a Problem

Ashley Thorne

At a press conference UC president Mark Yudof declared his commitment to ideology-free education. Charles Geshekter of the Caliofornia Association of Scholars asked him to say so in a memo to the UC......

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April 19, 2012

Capitalism and Western Civilization: Social Darwinism

William H. Young

William Young discusses the reputation and reality of Social Darwinism's influence on business practices.

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