August 25, 2011
Multiculturalism and its accompanying ideal of tolerance have debased standards of knowledge and excellence and led American education down a path of mediocrity, writes William H. Young.
August 23, 2011
Today, The Jewish Daily Forward published Kenneth L. Marcus's op-ed about a joint statement, which was written by Kenneth Stern, the American Jewish Committee's president, and Cary Nelson, t......
August 23, 2011
Anne Neal urges trustees to find out what’s actually going on at their schools and to stop sitting around like potted plants and do something about the clear erosion of academic standards and......
August 23, 2011
Here is an excellent piece in the Guardian by a young British woman, obviously very talented and intelligent. She is resisting pressure to go to college because she doubts that it will do her any go......
August 23, 2011
Tenure and a heavy emphasis on research over teaching are among the factors that dilute contemporary higher education, says Naomi Schaefer Riley.
August 22, 2011
Colleges have already thrown out old-fashioned notions of civil liberties, so they are all too happy to presume guilt.
August 22, 2011
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......
August 22, 2011
This year's meeting of the American Sociological Association includes a paper about minorities' (rational) choices to apply to selective colleges.
August 22, 2011
A study led by NAS's Arkansas affiliate head finds that high school literature courses draw sparsely on the great books.
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....
