May 31, 2022

Arizona: A Civics Education Desert

Marina Ziemnick

"Educating for Citizenship: The Arizona Case Study" serves as a word of caution to reformers who seek to appease both sides in the battle over American education.

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May 31, 2022

Can America’s Colleges and Universities Be Saved?

David Randall

We urge American citizens and policymakers to reform our higher education system while there is still time.

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May 27, 2022

NAS Offers Recommendations to Further Improve Colorado's Social Studies Standards

National Association of Scholars

While better than the first draft, Colorado's latest draft social studies standards can still be substantially improved. 

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May 26, 2022

Press Release: Report Finds Arizona Universities Ignore Board of Regents' Intent, Grow DEI Bureaucracy

National Association of Scholars

Instead of ensuring a robust civic education, Arizona’s universities prioritize an ever-growing number of classes rooted in critical theory.

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May 25, 2022

NAS Statement on Princeton's Firing of Professor Joshua Katz

National Association of Scholars

The unceremonious firing of Professor Katz reveals the level to which university administrators will stoop to enforce ideological conformity on campus.

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May 25, 2022

The Climate Emergency, the Public Voice, and Nuclear Energy

William H. Young

Neither a turn to the past nor higher education’s present environmentalist fantasies are likely to provide the expansion of safe, cost-effective nuclear energy that the nation needs and desires.

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May 24, 2022

The Sweet Taste of Justice

Marina Ziemnick

Dr. Charles Negy's reinstatement shows that universities can still be held accountable for persecuting professors who speak out against the progressive orthodoxy. 

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May 24, 2022

Video: "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

National Association of Scholars

Watch as three literary scholars discuss what makes Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" a great American novel.

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May 23, 2022

Scientific Culture: Has It Changed for the Better?

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars on June 24th at 3pm ET as we discuss how the culture of science has changed over the last century.

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May 17, 2022

An Open Letter to David R. Anderson, President of St. Olaf College

Peter Wood

St. Olaf College shortened Professor Edmund Santurri's directorship by an entire year, which many believe is tied to his invitation of controversial speakers to campus.

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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?

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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....