August 22, 2011

Special Treatment for Star Football Players

George Leef

In case anyone doubts that it happens, read this piece from the Raleigh News & Observer. Would any other student be allowed to take a dubious 400 level course in his first semester and then......

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August 22, 2011

Leave It to the Sociologists...

John Rosenberg

This year's meeting of the American Sociological Association includes a paper about minorities' (rational) choices to apply to selective colleges.

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August 22, 2011

High Schools Discard the Canon

Ashley Thorne

A study led by NAS's Arkansas affiliate head finds that high school literature courses draw sparsely on the great books.

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August 22, 2011

Tipping Point: Student Loan Debt and the Higher Education Bubble

Peter Wood

How insupportable debt is making Americans ripe for cultural defection from college.

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August 19, 2011

Feds Gut Due Process in "Sexual Harassment" Cases

Jonathan Bean

The Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Education has retreated from its firm stance in favor of due process and put forth a new standard for enforcing campus sexual harassment codes based......

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August 19, 2011

Global Warming Activist Teacher Takes Her Agenda to Truck Country

Kyle Olson

The left doesn't like teaching to standardized tests because it leaves no time for teaching activism.

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August 18, 2011

Sorry, Governor -- That Won't Help

George Leef

Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas wants to see the his state’s universities improve in the U.S. News rankings. 

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August 18, 2011

The Protestant Ethic and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William H. Young argues that the academy should renew an emphasis on hard work if America is to redeem its unmotivated generation.

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August 17, 2011

Profitable Nonprofits

George Leef

Professor Vance Fried in “Federal Higher Education Policy and the Profitable Nonprofits” argues that nonprofit colleges act like profit-making enterprises, but they simply spend their ex......

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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......

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...

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...

September 18, 2024

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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......