April 20, 2024

The Academic's Roadmap

Bob Wright

By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently.

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April 20, 2024

The Case of the Anguished Airman

F.R. Duplantier

There are only two good reasons for attending graduate school: (1) getting a degree prerequisite to a teaching career, and (2) having nothing better to do. 

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April 19, 2024

VIDEO: Is Sex Binary?

National Association of Scholars

Listen in on this riveting conversation prior to the second MIT Great Debate.

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April 18, 2024

VIDEO: Constitution Week Lesson Plans

National Association of Scholars

Listen in as the Civics Alliance launches their newest high school initiative to further the preservation of liberty. 

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April 18, 2024

Press Release: Constitution Week Lesson Plans

National Association of Scholars

To make the informed decisions the ballot requires, it is imperative that our high schools graduate students with a strong understanding of their Constitution. These Constitution Week lesson plans see......

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April 16, 2024

Bravo to George Mason University’s Board of Visitors

Teresa R. Manning

Most American colleges and universities need more of this kind of accountability and oversight, not less. And it looks like George Mason University’s Board is showing the way.

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April 9, 2024

Event: Constitution Week Lesson Plans

National Association of Scholars

Join us for the launch of the Civics Alliance's newest high school initiative to further the preservation of liberty.

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April 9, 2024

Florida Restricts Foreign Researchers

Ian Oxnevad

Florida’s new law on researchers from hostile countries is unfortunately needed for national security.

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April 6, 2024

Doktorväter: A Memoir

Stefania R. Jha

It would be difficult to decide which of the five Doktorväter were most influential in my development as a scholar—they all contributed in various ways by their example of humanity, exactin......

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April 6, 2024

Stranger in a Strange Land

Forest Hansen

It wasn’t until I joined the faculty that I learned I was entering a somewhat foreign culture. I can best sum it up as “a culture of pretense.”

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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....