July 23, 2018
NAS member Spencer Case writes on the use of service-learning in philosophy.
July 12, 2018
Former NAS President Steve Balch writes on the efforts to revive and refund AHF.
March 8, 2018
Writing at Minding the Campus, NAS President Peter Wood discusses how student walkouts subordinate education to the quest for power.
March 5, 2018
The Oscars are yet another example of how American civics education has been corrupted.
October 16, 2017
Ian Lindquist writes on the flaws of civics education, and on how it can be improved.
July 20, 2017
David Randall examines a few case studies of New Civics programs in Indiana.
February 23, 2017
Director of Communications David Randall speaks on Making Citizens at the American Enterprise Institute.
February 15, 2017
David Randall concludes his conversation with Harry Boyte and Deborah Meier at Education Week.
February 6, 2017
David Randall Replies to Stanley Fish's critique of Making Citizens in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
February 6, 2017
Do our commonalities outweigh our differences? NAS President Peter Wood discusses anger in America today and his hopes for higher education.
February 6, 2017
NAS President Peter Wood explains the causes of the Berkeley Riot--the New Civics in action.
February 3, 2017
David Randall continues his conversation with Harry Boyte and Deborah Meier at Education Week.
January 25, 2017
David Randall responds to Harry Boyte and Deborah Meier at Education Week.
January 18, 2017
Professor Stanley Fish offers his thoughts on our report Making Citizens.
January 11, 2017
NAS has analyzed the masquerading of political activism as a civics education in our report Making Citizens: How American Universities Teach Civics, garnering media attention.
January 10, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: A new study, Making Citizens, documents how activists have taken over the term "civic learning" and turned it into a way to raise up a new generation of protesters.
January 10, 2017
An in-depth report on how civics is taught around the United States.
December 28, 2016
Join us in Denver, CO on Thursday, January 12, for an evening event celebrating the release of our new report Making Citizens: How American Universities Teach Civics.
December 27, 2016
Join us in Washington, DC on Tuesday, January 10, for a formal event celebrating the release of our new report Making Citizens: How American Universities Teach Civics.
November 22, 2016
"Civic Engagement" is Progressive Politics--and it's not even pretending anymore that it isn't.
November 9, 2016
In the aftermath of the 2016 election season, the National Association of Scholars extends its well-wishes to the incoming president.
November 7, 2016
On this election eve, a few of the staff at the National Association of Scholars have written reflections on citizenship in America.
May 11, 2016
A panel at The New School shows the racial essentialism of the Black Lives Matter movement.
February 29, 2016
NAS president Peter Wood spoke on a panel at a Heritage Foundation event titled "Who Rules the Universities?"
May 22, 2015
America used to think civics education was crucial to their citizenship. Now it is either avoided or a chore.
October 7, 2014
A team of youth is calling for a return to the "eco-friendly" Aztec tradition.
January 22, 2014
On February 2nd, Daniel Disalvo will discuss "Government Unions and Inequality - de Blasio's Dilemma."
October 7, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: The Daniels Fund in Denver, Colorado, has awarded the NAS a $45,000 grant to conduct a study of civics teaching in four universities.
November 29, 2012
William Young concludes an examination of the unfolding civic engagement initiatives by higher educational institutions.
November 15, 2012
William Young compares traditional republican governmental principles with the current democratic engagement initiatives promoted on college campuses.
September 12, 2012
The fall 2012 issue of NAS’s journal Academic Questions presents a forum in which scholars respond to a call for a new kind of civics education.
September 11, 2012
The president of Syracuse analyzes the existentialism of higher education's current predicament.
September 5, 2012
The report "A Crucible Moment," correctly diagnoses the problem of using higher education primarily as job training but mistakenly encourages us to use it primarily as political training,......
August 27, 2012
The call for renewed civic activism in schools and colleges neglects a true understanding of American ideals and history in favor of "global citizenship."
August 24, 2012
"Civic education is again in vogue," writes Patrick J. Deneen, but it has been "wholly redefined and retooled for progressive purposes."
April 26, 2012
In the fifth of an eight-part series, Peter Wood examines the president’s pursuit of diversity in higher education.
April 5, 2012
William Young examines the state of contemporary education and finds it wanting
March 21, 2012
In the fourth installment of his eight-part series, Peter Wood examines the president’s goal of using American higher education to inculcate progressive political values.
March 13, 2012
When you spend the bulk of your time driving, it's easy to forget how the car looks from the passenger seat.
February 2, 2012
Peter Wood critiques the new AAC&U report on college-level civics education.
January 10, 2012
Mr. Ricketts advocates the study of civics, but his idea of such a course differs from how the a recent DoED report interprets the subject.
January 9, 2012
What can higher education do to help equip Americans for informed citizenship?
December 8, 2011
William Young discusses the role of civic education in the Western tradition, and the consequences of its disappearance from the curriculum.
December 1, 2011
William Young examines the tradition of civic virtue in the Western tradition, and ponders the consequences of its decline.
September 17, 2010
The AAC&U's new report, "Engaging Diverse Viewpoints," styles itself as an appeal for intellectual diversity but is full of politically correct buzzwords.
May 4, 2010
Over at NAS.org, we occasionally re-post one or two pieces from the same month a year ago in order not to lose sight of some of NAS's best articles and the ones that have received the most atten......
May 4, 2009
Strongbad mentioned as possible leader, grateful global citizens break out in spontaneous Harambee celebration, American higher education at its finest.
April 29, 2009
Ball State U's new core curriculum wants to turn students into activists.
September 22, 2008
Students are earning academic credit for helping out in the presidential campaigns.
