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July 27, 2023

A Symposium on Legacy Admissions: Joshua T. Katz

Joshua T. Katz

It is not clear that legacy admissions is (or should be) against the law, but even if it isn’t (or shouldn’t be), the intellectual and moral problems with the practice are a matter on......

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July 26, 2023

A Symposium on Legacy Admissions: Bruce Gilley

Bruce Gilley

Long-standing higher ed institutions are obliged to consider past generations as well as current and future ones. Admitting some students based on this fact is imperative, and part of a prec......

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July 25, 2023

Exposed: The “Chilling Effect”

Kali Jerrard

Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act is facing legal battles—even though it protects academic freedom from the “chilling effect” of higher ed’s politicized orthodoxy, not the othe......

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July 21, 2023

VIDEO: Is Science Broken?

National Association of Scholars

Join us as we take a look under the hood of modern science, and ask the question: is science broken?

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July 21, 2023

Ian Oxnevad on China's "Transnational Repression"

National Association of Scholars

NAS Senior Fellow for Foreign Affairs and Security Studies Ian Oxnevad was recently featured in a discussion hosted by the Hudson Institute. Take a listen as he examines China’s t......

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