December 18, 2015
UCLA law professor Rick Sander writes about the importance of "mismatch" due to racial preferences.
December 17, 2015
David Randall reviews Helaine Smith's argument for close reading in Teaching Particulars, and considers its implications for higher education.
December 17, 2015
Matthew J. Franck revises Patrick Deneen's history of American higher education, to note that a age of traditional learning in a secular mode never really existed.
December 16, 2015
You are invited to celebrate the New Year with the National Association of Scholars on Thursday, January 7th, 3-6pm.
December 15, 2015
Peter Wood writes to members of the National Academy of Sciences with three concerns about how the scientific establishment has responded to serious dissent.
December 15, 2015
Jonathan Bean isn't expecting a great deal to change if the Supreme Court holds the University of Texas to "strict scrutiny."
December 11, 2015
NAS President Peter Wood zeroes in on the use of "diversity" to justify the racial preference regime on campus, and explains why the Supreme Court should abandon the diversity rationale entirely.
December 11, 2015
Student revolt delays the imposition of Common Core in New York State--perhaps forever.
December 4, 2015
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) has voted in favor of a Common-Core aligned standardized test.
October 29, 2024
Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber....
November 19, 2024
NAS welcomes the nomination of Congressmen Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency....
November 20, 2024
With McMahon, the new administration has a chance to drastically slim down and depoliticize the Education Department....
May 15, 2015
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
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
A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....