April 7, 2008

Evidence Defeats Opponents of Michigan Racial Preferences Ban

NAS publishes an article unfolding how evidence of racial preferences' detriments stopped opponents of Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.

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April 7, 2008

By No Means: Michigan Judge Turns Tables on Advocacy Groups Determined to Derail Civil Rights Initia

Terry Pell

Terry Pell gives the first public analysis of the recent court decision ending (for now) the legal challenges to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.

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April 7, 2008

Quack Quack!

Peter Wood

An NAS member aims to defend the integrity of science, which is being undermined by a focus on "Integrative Medicine."

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April 1, 2008

Know It Alls

Ashley Thorne

An invitation to an NAS online symposium on "Wikipedia and Higher Education"

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April 1, 2008

Working Out a Deal

Could Harvard be accommodating Muslim women's request for women-only gym time as an obligation to Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed?

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March 28, 2008

Fortunes from Foreigners

We encourage you to send us information you deem relevant, concerning full disclosure of large foreign gifts. We invite you to be attentive to this matter at both your current universities of contac......

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March 27, 2008

9. The Marriage of Affirmative Action and Transformative Education

Tom Wood

This investigative report marks a turning point for How Many Delawares? Now that we better understand the beast we are tracking, we hope to provide an even better account in future installments of o......

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March 27, 2008

Is NAS Conservative?

Peter Wood

People for the American Way asserts that NAS is a "right-wing" organization. We take issue with this characterization and explain why. Join us outside the charmed circle.

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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....

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Lee Zeldin Should Reform EPA Science Policy

NAS welcomes the nomination of Congressmen Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency....

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NAS Welcomes Administrator McMahon's Nomination to Serve as Education Secretary

With McMahon, the new administration has a chance to drastically slim down and depoliticize the Education Department....

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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....

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

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?...

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....