October 15, 2015

Better Beach Books?

Peter Wood

NAS welcomes readers’ suggestions of titles for college common reading. 

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October 14, 2015

Conforming Higher Education

Rachelle Peterson

Joanna Williams asks what “academic freedom” protects, if there is no truth for academics to seek? 

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October 13, 2015

NAS Welcomes David Randall as Director of Communications

Peter Wood

Scholar and author David Randall joins NAS's core team. 

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October 13, 2015

The University of Chicago's Flawed Support for Freedom of Expression

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood criticizes Chicago's misframed statement supporting freedom of expression.

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October 9, 2015

This Changes Everything?

Rachelle Peterson

Naomi Klein's new movie admits conservative critics of the environmental left were right. 

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October 9, 2015

A Book on Higher Ed that Looks Dull but has Something Important to Say

George Leef

George Leef discusses an argument by two college presidents for an end to the traditional faculty role in college governance.

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October 6, 2015

The Elephant and the Harvard Question

David Randall

Harvard students are willing to tolerate conservatives--but only on terms that cripple their own education.

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October 2, 2015

College Scorecard: How Much Will You Earn?

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood examines the fuzzy numbers of the U.S. Department of Education's new College Scorecard.

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October 1, 2015

College Students Will Gather to Discuss “Marriage, Family, and Sexual Integrity”

Ashley Thorne

Registration is open for an October 30-31 student conference at Princeton sponsored by the Love and Fidelity Network.

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

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

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