June 14, 2022
Intellectual freedom wasn’t born with tenure, and it won’t be saved by tenure. It’s time for besieged academics to stop clinging to their plastic shields and to start rebuilding.
June 13, 2022
The last few decades have seen a total transformation of higher education's mission in American society. What was once an institution that encouraged innovation, built character, and sought t......
June 13, 2022
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology's proposed rule change would impose a radical political agenda on engineering education.
June 10, 2022
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota state legislature deserve praise, but they must go much further in their higher education reform.
June 9, 2022
Join the National Association of Scholars on Thursday, June 16th, at 2 pm ET, for a special webinar on university COVID mandates.
June 7, 2022
Listen as Jon Schaff and Robert Thacker discuss what makes Willa Cather's "My Ántonia" a great American novel.
June 7, 2022
Ilya Shapiro's letter resigning from his position at Georgetown University is a lesson in self-respect and the value of standing firm in what one believes.
June 2, 2022
The charge for civics education reform is being led in campaigns throughout the states. Listen as we talk with citizens leading reform efforts in Missouri, Minnesota, and Idaho.
June 2, 2022
After twelve years, it is clear that the Common Core is a failed experiment. The time has come to call this venture to a close.
June 2, 2022
NAS President Peter Wood discusses the history of tenure and considers what may be done to reform this embattled institution for the sake of academic freedom.
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....
