July 5, 2012

Elegies, Part 1

Peter Wood

Reforming higher education is not just about nostalgia for the past.

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July 3, 2012

A Better Way to Educate Professionals

Douglas Campbell

Suggestions for how the faculty of the traditional liberal arts, the physical sciences and the management and business programs can collaborate to better educate professionals.

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July 2, 2012

Epic Battles

Peter Wood

Peter Wood weighs the cost of higher education’s turn away from Western civilization survey courses.

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July 2, 2012

More Good News on the Value of Your College Degree

Glenn Ricketts

NAS board member Tom Lindsay describes the rewards of your degree in popular culture.

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June 29, 2012

Collegiate Journalists Ponder Summer Pursuits, Politics and Popular Culture

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists offer suggestions for summer break, report on political developments and assess the state of popular culture.

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June 28, 2012

College Education Is Not a Public Good

George Leef

College education is not a public good and "society" shouldn't subsidize it.

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June 28, 2012

Sometimes, Teaching is Beyond Wonderful

George Leef

This is a wonderful piece on teaching.

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June 28, 2012

Capitalism and Western Civilization: Knowledge Workers

William H. Young

William Young examines the increasing shortage of highly skilled wokers and considers some possible solutions.

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June 27, 2012

“Accelerated Learning”: Bullet Train to Success or Oxymoron?

David Clemens

Why are colleges so deeply invested in doing what is clearly not college?

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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......