March 6, 2012
Richard Vedder says the approval by the House of Representatives of a bill ending credit-hour and “state authorization” legislation is an important step in reining in the Obama administr......
March 6, 2012
George Leef and James Sterba debate the usefulness of "affirmative action" in contemporary college admissions.
March 5, 2012
Tax policies favor rich colleges, even though small, struggling liberal-arts colleges probably make far better use of incremental private donations, says Richard Vedder.
March 2, 2012
The NAS mourns the passing of James Q. Wilson, its friend, long-time advisor, and monumental figure in American social science.
March 2, 2012
A student journalist states what should be obvious, but usually isn't.
March 2, 2012
Peter Wood takes note of the emerging battle over the legality of the Common Core curriculum.
March 1, 2012
William Young discusses aspects and issues in modern financial capitalism.
February 29, 2012
David Gordon, history professor and president of the New York Association of Scholars, gave this address on February 21, 2012, to the CUNY Board of Trustees, asking them to maintain the integrity of......
February 28, 2012
Results on a poll about affirmative action would be more strongly against if the questions were asked differently.
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....
