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Read thoughts and initiatives from the National Association of Scholars.

June 21, 2009

Gothic Arch and Ghost Town

Peter Wood

Princeton's gracious campus expresses confidence in the life of the mind; UMass Amherst's Chancellor cries uncle; a New Jersey ghost town points its bony finger.

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June 19, 2009

Endangered Colleges

Ashley Thorne

The U.S. Department of Education recently released a list of 114 private non-profit colleges that failed the Department

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June 18, 2009

Marching Forward

Ashley Thorne

An update on the military and higher education.

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June 18, 2009

ACTA Launches Campaign to Recognize Free Exchange of Ideas

Ashley Thorne

A new report from our sister organization commends colleges that foster intellectual diversity.

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June 17, 2009

Congratulations to NEH Enduring Questions Grant Winner

Ashley Thorne

Bruce Gans, pioneer of the Great Books movement at community colleges, receives national recognition for his pilot course on the question "What is freedom?"

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