February 9, 2016
An executive summary of the report on the books assigned in 2014-2016 as "common reading."
February 9, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: NAS publishes a new edition of its comprehensive study of freshman summer reading, Beach Books 2014-2016: What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class?.
February 5, 2016
R. R. Reno, the editor of First Things magazine, writes on how both parties have grown estranged from the white middle class.
February 3, 2016
Dr. Stephen Bertman offers satirical suggestions for how scholars can make original contributions to their field.
February 3, 2016
Dr. Gordon gives advice to future adjuncts on their journey toward tenure.
February 1, 2016
Perhaps the most unfortunate change to the new SAT is that the essay is now optional.
January 28, 2016
For the past six years, NAS has surveyed college common reading programs. Join us at the launch of the newest "Beach Books" report.
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: The NAS releases an 11,000-word statement on the purposes of higher education.
January 27, 2016
Historian Jonathan Bean describes the impact of online education at his university.
January 27, 2016
Walter Williams offers some suggestions for how to become a good teacher.
May 7, 2024
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
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
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....
May 15, 2015
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
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?...
September 21, 2010
A reader asks, "If Elohim refers to multiple 'gods,' then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods...the one of many, right?" A Hebrew expert answers....
