Recent Articles

Student Loan Bailouts and the 119th Congress: Time to Ask Tough Questions

Biden's Education Department expands student loan forgiveness to over 5 million borrowers, sparking GOP backlash and calls for reform of higher education financing.

We Must Save American History If We Want to Save America

We must resist the latest effort by academic historians to memory-hole our nation’s history.

NAS Applauds University of Michigan Decision to Sever Ties with China

The National Association of Scholars applauds the University of Michigan’s recent decision to end its joint institute with China’s Shanghai Jao Tong University.

A Budget and Business Forecast

In the face of budget strain, business, politics, and opposition, higher education must adapt with market conditions.

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

College Football’s Sportsmanship Problem

Rivalry Week in college football is known for thrilling matchups and heightened emotions, but it also brought an alarming pattern of conflicts at the end of last year's season.  On November 30, 202......

To End the Nonsense About Academic Freedom

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethicson August 1, 2024. It was translated into English by the Observatory before being edited to align with Mindi......

Reports

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......

China and Our Children

This report examines how the Chinese Communist Party uses language as a tool of asymmetric warfare and its deployed effects in the United States. Confucius Classrooms did not only expand from Confuciu......

CounterCurrent


January 14, 2025

A Budget and Business Forecast

In the face of budget strain, business, politics, and opposition, higher education must adapt with market conditions....

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January 7, 2025

America’s Education and the Uncomfortable H-1B Visa Debate of 2025

The role of universities is conspicuously absent from debate over the H-1B program....

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December 31, 2024

Cheers to the New Year

A few things education reformers should keep in mind for 2025....

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Statements

NAS Applauds University of Michigan Decision to Sever Ties with China

The National Association of Scholars applauds the University of Michigan’s recent decision to end its joint institute with China’s Shanghai Jao Tong University.

NAS Urges Systematic Revision of Oklahoma's Draft Science Standards

The National Association of Scholars deeply regrets that the Oklahoma State Department of Education has published draft science standards that largely preserve the poor model of science cont......

Press Releases

Press Release: Kentucky Court Blocks Biden Title IX Rule Nationwide

In a sweeping opinion that applies throughout the country, a federal court in Kentucky has stopped the new, bad Biden Title IX Rule from taking effect anywhere, finding it both unl......

Press Release: Report Finds Activism Guides Implicit Bias Theory

New report finds compelling evidence that the IAT does not appear to measure implicit bias accurately or reliably.

Events

Event: Higher Education: Utopian Thoughts for a Dystopian Moment, a lecture by Wilfred McClay

Join us for the first lecture of our Future of Freedom Series featuring Wilfred McClay at our New York City office.

Event: Shifting Sands: Zombie Psychology

Join the National Association of Scholars for the launch of the fourth and final report in the Shifting Sands project: Keeping Count of Government Science: Zombie Psychology, Implicit Bias Theory......