January 17, 2025

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

Teresa R. Manning

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

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January 15, 2025

We Must Save American History If We Want to Save America

David Randall

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

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January 15, 2025

NAS Applauds University of Michigan Decision to Sever Ties with China

National Association of Scholars

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.

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January 14, 2025

A Budget and Business Forecast

Kali Jerrard

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

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January 10, 2025

Press Release: Kentucky Court Blocks Biden Title IX Rule Nationwide

National Association of Scholars

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......

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January 9, 2025

NAS Urges Systematic Revision of Oklahoma's Draft Science Standards

National Association of Scholars

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......

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January 8, 2025

NAS Condemns the AHA's “Scholasticide” Resolution

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars condemns the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” which the members of the American Historical Association passed by 428 to 88 at th......

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January 7, 2025

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

Ian Oxnevad

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

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January 6, 2025

Comment on Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies

National Association of Scholars and The Civics Alliance

The Oklahoma State Department of Education has done excellent work to improve the state's draft social studies standards.

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January 2, 2025

Trump, Title IX and 2025: Restore Real Learning; Stop Fringe Sexual Politics

Teresa R. Manning

Title IX's original intent to ensure equality in education has been overshadowed by ideological overreach, turning schools into battlegrounds for identity politics.

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November 20, 2024

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NAS Welcomes Administrator McMahon's Nomination to Serve as Education Secretary

With McMahon, the new administration has a chance to drastically slim down and depoliticize the Education Department....

January 8, 2025

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NAS Condemns the AHA's “Scholasticide” Resolution

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October 29, 2024

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The Looming Irrelevance of Middle East Study Centers

Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber....

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May 15, 2015

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...

September 21, 2010

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Ask a Scholar: What Does YHWH Elohim Mean?

A reader asks, "If Elohim refers to multiple 'gods,' then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods...the one of many, right?" A Hebrew expert answers....