Recent Articles

Event: Professors Speak Out

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

NAS, Coming to a Legislator Near YouKeeping Watch

Columbia's decent into chaos is by its own hand. Actions to right the university must be swift and tough.

NAS Urges Trump Administration to Preserve the Institute of Education Sciences

Whatever the ultimate disposition of the Education Department, we believe that much of IES ought to be preserved in some administrative home.

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

NAS, Coming to a Legislator Near You

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the National Association of Scholars on April, 2025, and is crossposted here with permission. Today, the National Association of Scholars......

The UC System Is Risking National Security with China—It Must Cut Ties

In California, there is a three-tiered system of public universities. The California Community College (CCC) System serves as the foundation and feeds into the California State University System (CSU)......

Reports

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......

Shadows of Influence

Foreign funding of American universities remains an open secret. This report details the underreporting of foreign gifts to universities by analyzing a complementary database compiled using public rec......

CounterCurrent


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March 25, 2025

The Future of Federal Student Loans

The Trump administration’s decision to move the federal student loan portfolio to the Small Business Administration is being met with controversy....

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March 18, 2025

Mopping Up the DEI Mess

Ridding higher education of DEI practices is proving to be slow-going, but reform is still possible....

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Statements

NAS-Influenced Ohio Senate Bill 1 Becomes Law

Ohio Senate Bill 1 will invigorate higher education in Ohio and serve as a model of educational reform for the whole nation.

NAS Commends Trump Administration for Education Department Executive Order

Slash-and-burn is not enough: if it is to be closed forever, the Department of Education must be rooted out, statute by statute.

Press Releases

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.

Utah Adopts Legislation Inspired by the General Education Act

The new state law estabilishes a new "Center for Civic Excellence at Utah State University" to offer students courses in Western civilization and American civics rooted in the principles of cl......

Events

Event: Professors Speak Out

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

Event: Humility, The Scientific Method, and Climate Change

Join the National Association of Scholars for a lecture by Francis Menton as part of our Future of Freedom Lecture Series.