August 14, 2020

The New Title IX Rules Make It To The Finish Line

National Association of Scholars

The new Title IX regulations are going into effect today after surviving numerous legal hurdles. 

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August 14, 2020

NAS Welcomes State Department's Designation of the CIUSC

National Association of Scholars

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has designated the Confucius Institute U.S. Center as a foreign mission of the People’s Republic of China.

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August 13, 2020

1776 v. 1619: Two Visions of American History

National Association of Scholars

Webinar Event: Was America founded on the idea of liberty or on the brutality of slavery?

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August 11, 2020

House Leaders Take Aim at Dark Money in Higher Ed

David Acevedo

Reps. James Comer (R-KY), Jim Jordan, (R-OH), and Virginia Foxx (R-NC) have sent letters to six university presidents, requesting years of unredacted foreign financial transactions.

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August 10, 2020

Kick the ‘1619 Project’ Out of Schools

David Randall

America’s future depends on knowing our true past. We must get rid of the 1619 Project Curriculum to save our children from the anti-American lies of the woke establishment.

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August 7, 2020

Under Pressure, UT Austin Asserts Commitment to Intellectual Diversity

David Acevedo

UT Austin has asserted its commitment to faculty merit and ideological diversity amid backlash over its proposed “Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Strategic Plan.”

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August 5, 2020

"Structural Racism" at the University of Rochester

K. Thomas Noell

A letter from a disgruntled alumnus to Dean Mark B. Taubman, who has chosen to remove Nobel Laureate George Whipple's name from the school's laboratories amid claims of racism. 

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August 4, 2020

Taking the Fight to Higher Ed Leadership

David Acevedo

Higher ed administrators frequently do nothing to prevent, or even actively participate in, a faculty member’s cancelation. NAS will not simply stand by and watch the carnage unfold.

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August 3, 2020

The Case of Tomáš Hudlický—Where now?

Tomáš Hudlický

Professor Hudlický responds to the Orwellian retaliation he received after questioning diversity hiring in a peer-reviewed paper.

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August 3, 2020

A Canceled Music Theorist Responds

Timothy Jackson

What does "systemic racism" have to do with music theory? Some claim that they are deeply intertwined. Dr. Timothy Jackson argued against this view and was promptly canceled.

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