October 1, 2012

Collegiate Press Corps Cover Middle East Cauldron

Glenn Ricketts

Undergraduate pundits cover recent Middle East upheavals and national political trends.

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September 28, 2012

John Silber, R.I.P.

Keith Whitaker

Whitaker offers his salute of farewell to Silber, former President of Boston University.

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September 28, 2012

John Silber, Intellectual Gunslinger

Peter Wood

Former president of Boston University and NAS board of advisors member dies.

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September 27, 2012

Improper CSU Electioneering?

Glenn Ricketts

Some California taxpayers charge the state system with campaining in favor of a November ballot initiative.

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September 27, 2012

Factions and Governance

William H. Young

William Young analyzes the impact of factions and special interests on public policy.

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September 26, 2012

Strange (But Not Necessarily Bad) Majors

George Leef

Some of the America's weirdest college majors include theme park engineering, bagpiping, and poultry science.

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September 26, 2012

Wasteful Productivity

Mark Bauerlein

The way humanities departments at research universities measure productivity – by counting publications – incentivizes unproductiveness in teaching.

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September 25, 2012

No Child Left Behind, Ten Years Later

Crystal Plum

Robert Maranto and Rod Paige review NCLB's effects on American public education.

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September 24, 2012

FIRE President Scores Suppression of Free Speech at Auburn

Glenn Ricketts

Auburn suppresses free speech but there's no outrage.  Greg Lukianoff is dismayed.

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July 30, 2024

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Don’t Cry for Them, Academia

The dark secret of anti-Semitism is that ignorance alone cannot explain it away or absolve those who adhere to it. If anything, the most vivid episodes of history’s anti-Semitism have......

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Professor Alleges "Widespread" Discriminatory Hiring Coverup at University of Washington

Audio acquired by the National Association of Scholars describes allegations of coverup race-based hiring coverup at the University of Washington...

June 20, 2024

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Remembering Warren Winiarski

Peter Wood writes on the passing of Warren Winiarski, a long-time supporter and friend of the National Association of Scholars, who sought to cultivate civilization and the liberal arts......

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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....

September 6, 2024

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Professor Alleges "Widespread" Discriminatory Hiring Coverup at University of Washington

Audio acquired by the National Association of Scholars describes allegations of coverup race-based hiring coverup at the University of Washington...

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DEI vs. Academic Integrity at University of Washington

FOIA requests found evidence of racial discrimination at the University of Washington. A professor now accuses the University of a cover-up. A leading scholar of "whiteness" is accus......