March 27, 2025

Scholars Urge Senate to Pass DETERRENT Act

National Association of Scholars

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.

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March 26, 2025

Hackers Reveal Racial Discrimination at New York University

National Association of Scholars

Hackers have embarrassed New York University (NYU) by breaking into the university’s servers and posting on NYU’s home page the statistics on how NYU commits race discrimination......

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March 25, 2025

The Future of Federal Student Loans

Kali Jerrard

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 25, 2025

Utah Adopts Legislation Inspired by the General Education Act

National Association of Scholars

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......

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March 25, 2025

Scholars Endorse Texas HB 4561, a Politics Out of Schools Act

National Association of Scholars

The Texas legislature considers a bill to curb excused absences for student protests and protect students from partisan activism.

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March 24, 2025

NAS Commends Trump Administration for Education Department Executive Order

National Association of Scholars

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

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March 24, 2025

A Reckoning for Higher Education?

Teresa R. Manning

Are American colleges and universities finally getting their comeuppance?

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March 19, 2025

A Response to ‘Sikh Coalition’ Campaign Against American Birthright

National Association of Scholars

An organization called the Sikh Coalition appears to be organizing emails to various supporters of American Birthright: The Civics Alliance’s Model K-12 Social Studies Standards,......

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March 18, 2025

Mopping Up the DEI Mess

Kali Jerrard

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

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March 17, 2025

Statement: University of Virginia Votes to Dissolve DEI Office

National Association of Scholars

The Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia has unanimously voted to dissolve the University’s Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Partnerships, end illegal discrim......

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January 8, 2025

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NAS Condemns the AHA's “Scholasticide” Resolution

The National Association of Scholars condemns the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” which the members of the American Historical Association passed by 428 t......

January 27, 2025

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Exclusive Documents: UC-Boulder Breaks Civil Rights Law to Advance Racial Preferences

New FOIA documents grant a window into how the University of Colorado-Boulder, in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, discriminates on the basis of protected class and upholds a co......

February 13, 2025

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The Grown Ups are Back: On Gender, Trump Replaces Confusion and Chaos with Clarity and Common Sense

With this administration, the grown ups are back: Trump is replacing confusion and chaos with clarity and common sense—not just for women’s sports but also for America....

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May 15, 2015

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

October 12, 2010

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...

May 26, 2010

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....