February 20, 2019

How Higher Education Incubated the Eco-Socialism of the Green New Deal

Rachelle Peterson

Sustainability is an ideology in which protecting the environment also concerns protecting society from dangers of any kind. But at what cost?

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February 14, 2019

Episode #15: Steve Balch and the Story of NAS

Peter Wood

Steve Balch, NAS's founder, joins Peter W. Wood for an hour of discussion on the story of NAS, the study of Western Civilization, and his hopes for the future of American higher education.

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February 13, 2019

Inside the Beltway Conference Call

National Association of Scholars

Join NAS next Wednesday, February 20, at 2:00 PM Eastern for a conference call to discuss what’s happening in DC. 

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February 13, 2019

Senate Republicans' Higher Ed Agenda Leaves Much to be Desired

Rachelle Peterson

The Senate’s outgoing education chairman is focusing on reforms that are worthwhile but paltry compared to the problems of politicization and trivialization in higher education.

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February 13, 2019

NAS Awards the Fraser Barron Scholarship to Janice Gunther Martin

National Association of Scholars

The NAS has awarded Janice Gunther Martin the 2019 Fraser Barron Memorial Scholarship in Renaissance & Western History.

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February 13, 2019

Racial Preferences Shakes a Classical Studies Conference

David Randall

A conference erupted in outrage after a member openly criticized racial preferences. 

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February 13, 2019

Event Overview: A Hole in the Renaissance

National Association of Scholars

First Things hosted NAS for an evening lecture by Dr. Elenor Schnieder. 

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February 12, 2019

NAS Endorses the Campus Intellectual Diversity Act

Peter Wood

Let's restore intellectual rigor and diversity to higher education. 

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February 8, 2019

Required Reading

National Association of Scholars

A State Representative in Iowa has introduced a bill to make Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago a required read for high school graduation.

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