September 19, 2019

A Letter to the SCS and AIA

Peter Wood

The NAS writes to voice concern about a new Joint Harassment Policy adopted by the Society for Classics Studies and Archaeological Institute of America.

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September 18, 2019

America is Hopelessly Racist

Peter Wood

What does it mean to re-write America's foundational myth?

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September 17, 2019

A Champion of Free Inquiry and Intellectual Diversity Runs for the Yale Corporation

National Association of Scholars

Law professor Nicholas Rosenkranz is mounting a petition campaign for the Yale Corporation.

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September 17, 2019

Meet Our New Research Associate

Peter Wood

Neetu Arnold is joining the NAS staff as our research associate for a new project on student debt and administrative growth. 

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September 16, 2019

Slavery Did Not Make America Rich

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

We should stop using the history of slavery for present-day politics against capitalism.

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September 7, 2019

Graduate Students: Don’t Wait for Tenure to Enjoy Your Life

Mark Regnerus

Don’t delay your life. Don’t wait until you get a job, then tenure, to do the normal things that make life sweet, like marrying and having children. Professors who build their career......

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September 5, 2019

Beach Books: 2018-2019 Launch Event

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars and First Things for wine and cheese and the release of Beach Books.

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September 3, 2019

The College Board is Abandoning 'Adversity Scores'—But Not Completely

National Association of Scholars

The College Board backtracks but continues to push a new adversity score regime. David Randall gets the scoop in RealClearEducation.

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August 30, 2019

The Education of Clarence Thomas

Peter Wood

A review of Myron Magnet's biography of Justice Clarence Thomas.

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August 30, 2019

Introducing Stanley Young, Director of the Shifting Sands Project

Peter Wood

NAS is proud to introduce our lead researcher on an exciting new project to discover how the irreproducibility crisis affects public policy.

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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?...