January 11, 2018

Modern vs. Western Thought: America's Affliction

William H. Young

William Young concludes this series with an examination of the long term effects of modern thought in American higher education.

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January 10, 2018

The Campaign to Reform the College Board, Continued

National Association of Scholars

Peter Wood and David Randall continue the campaign to reform the AP European History examination.

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January 10, 2018

Keli Carender Joins NAS Staff

Peter Wood

NAS welcomes Keli Carender, our new Director of Communications.

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January 5, 2018

On Rubrics and Broken Windows

Bruce Brasington

Bruce Brasington discusses the effects of the AP European History examination.

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January 3, 2018

Reading The Age of Jackson in the Age of Trump

National Association of Scholars

NAS Staff members read and comment on Arthur Schlesinger's The Age of Jackson.

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December 21, 2017

Modern vs. Western Thought: The Return of Bacon's Idols

William H. Young

William Young examines the return of idols which Francis Bacon had sought to banish

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December 20, 2017

Does Trump Threaten Science?

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood critiques a polemic by the American Association of University Professors.

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December 18, 2017

Victoria Coates Is Keynote Speaker at February NAS Conference

National Association of Scholars

Victoria C. G. Coates, author of David's Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art, will give the dinner keynote address at NAS's conference in Phoenix, "What Is Western Civi......

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December 18, 2017

Higher Education's Deeper Sickness

John M. Ellis

John Ellis argues for measures that would increase intellectual diversity and reduce politicization in colleges. 

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December 14, 2017

NAS Statement on the Michigan Campus Free Speech Act

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: NAS endorses the efforts of the Michigan Legislature to preserve free speech on college campuses. 

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