Recent Articles

Comment on Nebraska Social Studies Standards

The National Association of Scholars and the Civics Alliance conclude that the Nebraska Social Studies Standards require complete revision—and that this improvement should be cond......

Trump Administration Ends Federal Disparate-Impact Theory Use

All Americans should know how important it is to eliminate disparate action from government policy, and how great a blow the Trump administration has struck to the enemies of liberty.

NAS Commends Government Proposal on Tackling Student Loan Crisis

The Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan provides systematic and beneficial reform to America’s student loan system, and to higher education as a whole. It is a welcome complement to EDR......

The Week in Science: May 1, 2025

Listen in on the first episode of our new science podcast, hosted by Scott Turner, Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars.

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

Finding God at Harvard

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on The Harvard Salient on May 05, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permissio......

National Association of Scholars Notches a Win for Civil Rights in Illinois

As part of the National Association of Scholars's (NAS) ongoing reporting on “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), I’ve been FOIAing DEI practices—scholarships, fellowships, hiring programs, train......

Reports

Ideological Insistence

This report chronicles and quantifies the persistent commitment to "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) in higher education hiring practices. Ideological Insistence quantifies the pre......

Waste Land

This report sheds a new light on the history of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), its abuses of policy, and recommendations for a path forward. The report's evidence, and the long-term politi......

Instagram the Intifada

This report maps the organization, leadership, and affiliations of America's largest pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas student organizations—Students for Justice in Palestine. 

Shifting Sands: Report IV

Shifting Sands: Zombie Psychology examines the science underlying implicit bias theory. The report finds that many researchers and legislators believe policies based on this theory are harmful. M......

CounterCurrent


May 6, 2025

New Trump Executive Actions: Seeking Transparency and Tearing Down Walls

The deluge of Executive Orders out of the Trump White House provide the first steps in latest reform efforts of academia....

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April 29, 2025

The Nihilism of Beijing’s New York Climate Radicals

The People’s Forum, a Chinese Communist Party affiliated organization responsible for much of the anti-Semitic activism at Columbia University, is mobilizing its useful......

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April 22, 2025

Reform. Like It or Not.

Sweeping reform measures are under way for higher education, will they last?...

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Statements

Trump Administration Ends Federal Disparate-Impact Theory Use

All Americans should know how important it is to eliminate disparate action from government policy, and how great a blow the Trump administration has struck to the enemies of liberty.

NAS Commends Government Proposal on Tackling Student Loan Crisis

The Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan provides systematic and beneficial reform to America’s student loan system, and to higher education as a whole. It is a welcome complement to EDR......

Press Releases

Scholars Expose Compelled Speech in the Colleges and Universities

This latest report chronicles and quantifies the persistent commitment to "diversity, equity, and inclusion" by colleges and universities in their hiring practices—popularized......

Scholars Urge Senate to Pass DETERRENT Act

We are thankful to the House for its passage of the DETERRENT Act and strongly urge the Senate to take up and act on this critical legislation.

Events

Event: Ideological Insistence: Diversity Statements and the Challenge to Academic Freedom

Join us for a discussion at our New York City office on our new report Ideological Insistence and to hear from a panel of experts.

Event: Professors Speak Out

Join us to hear testimonies from Nicholas Wolfinger, Jason Kilborn, and Robert Froderman about their investigations into questionable campus probes.