September 15, 2023

VIDEO: Does Merit Matter?

National Association of Scholars

Listen in as we hear from Professors Trout and Maroja on the fight for and against merit within science.

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September 14, 2023

Barratry Bureaucracy

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars condemns the Biden administration’s politicized persecution of Christopher Rufo.

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September 8, 2023

What's Driving Climate?

National Association of Scholars

Listen in as we discuss the various potential causes of climate change.

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September 5, 2023

Mandarin Without Mao

Ian Oxnevad

American policymakers must take action to ensure an alternative to the Chinese Communist Party for Mandarin language instruction.

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September 1, 2023

What I Read for My Summer Vacation: NAS Staff Edition

National Association of Scholars

Looking for a new book to read? Check out the summer reads of the NAS staff!

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August 30, 2023

A Symposium on Legacy Admissions: Hilde Kahn

Hilde Kahn

We can outlaw legacy admissions, argues Hilde Kahn, but the composition of the student body may change less than we expect.

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August 28, 2023

NAS Endorses Florida's 2023 African American History Strand

National Association of Scholars

AAHS sets a high standard for state guidance for K–12 study of African American history.

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August 25, 2023

Video: Rethinking Climate Risk

J. Scott Turner

Listen in as we discuss the various risks climate poses and how we should discuss the so-called "climate emergency."

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August 22, 2023

CounterCurrent: The Myth of State Disinvestment

Chance Layton

Overspending and financial mismanagement, not state disinvestment, has caused college tuition increases.

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May 7, 2024

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Creating Students, Not Activists

The mobs desecrating the American flag, smashing windows, chanting genocidal slogans—this always was the end game of the advocates of the right to protest, action civics, student activ......

March 9, 2024

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A Portrait of Claireve Grandjouan

Claireve Grandjouan, when I knew her, was Head of the Classics Department at Hunter College, and that year gave a three-hour Friday evening class in Egyptian archaeology....

April 20, 2024

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The Academic's Roadmap

By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently....

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June 5, 2024

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Subpoenas for All!

Ohio Northern University gnaws its teeth with an appetite for vindictive lawfare....

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....

October 12, 2010

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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?...