June 24, 2016

Legislation, Not Litigation, Can Repeal Racial Preferences, Says NAS

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: The NAS affirms it will continue fighting racial discrimination in higher education.

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June 24, 2016

The Fisher Decision: The National Association of Scholars Responds

National Association of Scholars

A statement of the National Association of Scholars on the Supreme Court's decision in favor of racial preferences. 

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June 24, 2016

The New Age of Orthodoxy Overtakes the Campus

Peter Wood

The greatest threat to academic freedom today is the campus "social justice" machine, writes Peter Wood in his review of Joanna Williams' Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity.

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June 23, 2016

A Most Curious Document

John E. Staddon

John E. Staddon analyzes the shortcomings of the Report of the Duke University Task Force on Bias and Hate Issues.

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June 21, 2016

Crime in America

David Randall

NAS board member Barry Latzer discusses his new book The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America.

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June 14, 2016

College Board Shreds European History, Study Finds: Faith and Freedom Gone

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: NAS releases a critique of the revised Advance Placement European History Examination.

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June 10, 2016

Education School Follies

David Randall

NAS Board Member Sandra Stotsky anatomizes education school follies.

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June 10, 2016

Chasing Eels

Peter Wood

The new book The Closing of the Liberal Mind helps us get a better grasp on the slippery modern academic Left. 

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June 10, 2016

Students Are Not Customers

Peter Wood

Peter Wood argues that higher education entails a hierarchical relationship between students who seeks knowledge and others who teach knowledge, as opposed to a consumer relationship.

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