June 20, 2023

The Wrong Way to Admit the Other Half: Why We Oppose Class-Based Affirmative Action

Peter Wood

A statement of the National Association of Scholars on class-based preferences in college and university admissions.

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June 20, 2023

The Mask They Wear

Kali Jerrard

In a win for institutional integrity and academic freedom, two more Confucius Institutes close, but the fight isn’t over yet.

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June 20, 2023

Press Release: University Researching Hypersonic Missile Tech Closes Communist Confucius Institute

National Association of Scholars

The Confucius Institute represented a long-time partnership with the CCP and a Chinese university that conducts research for the People’s Liberation Army.

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June 20, 2023

How Many Confucius Institutes Are in the United States?

National Association of Scholars

UPDATED: We're keeping track of all Confucius Institutes in the United States, including those that remain open, those that closed, and those that have announced their closing.

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June 16, 2023

NAS Commends Texas Ban on DEI Practices

National Association of Scholars

Texas Senate Bill 17 champions free speech and intellectual diversity in Texas’ public higher education system, by removing policies that forward DEI. 

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June 15, 2023

Event: Is Science Broken?

National Association of Scholars

Join us as we take a look under the hood of modern science, and ask the question: is science broken?

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June 15, 2023

Title IX: Tool for Government-Imposed Sexualization

Teresa R. Manning

Title IX has become a weapon for school administrators and federal bureaucrats to expand the definitions of “sex” and “discrimination.”

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June 13, 2023

VIDEO: George Washington Carver and Agricultural Innovation

National Association of Scholars

This webinar discusses George Washington Carver's contributions to modern agricultural science and the challenges he faced.

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June 13, 2023

Revisiting L'Affaire Gerber

Kali Jerrard

As yet another professor joins the dismissal ranks of higher ed cancel culture, what does it mean for academic freedom?

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June 12, 2023

The Scott Gerber Case Revisited

Peter Wood

The iron-fist approach of Ohio Northern University's administration to a faculty member who dared to dissent from the official line has exposed the weaknesses of woke education.

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