December 1, 2015

Stanley Fish, Divestment, and "The Student Assault on the Academy"

National Association of Scholars

Stanley Fish writes on the campus divestment movement and the role of the university.

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November 30, 2015

The Self-Defeating Claim that Women and Minorities are Weak and Fragile

George W. Dent

The desire for "safe spaces" is an affirmation of weakness that is false and pernicious.

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November 25, 2015

Dear Future Adjunct

David Randall

NAS director of communications David Randall advises current and future adjunct professors. 

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November 23, 2015

The Guilted Age

Thomas Dineen

Thomas Dineen tells how Debby Irving educated him on his whiteness.

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November 18, 2015

Dear Future Professor

Hal Arkes

The first in a series of letters to new and prospective professors. 

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November 18, 2015

Peter Wood Interviewed on Common Core

National Association of Scholars

NAS President Peter Wood is interviewed at CNSNews.com on the dangers the Common Core poses to American education.

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November 17, 2015

Videos: "Inside Divestment" Launch

National Association of Scholars

A first look at the launch of "Inside Divestment: The Illiberal Movement to Turn a Generation Against Fossil Fuels."

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November 17, 2015

Video: Heritage Foundation Panel on Fossil Fuel Divestment

National Association of Scholars

Rachelle Peterson joins a panel hosted by Dr. David Kreutzer with Dr. Stanley Kurtz and Brendan Williams about the campus divestment movement. 

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November 13, 2015

Academic Social Science and America

William H. Young

William Young sums up his series on the impact of academic social science on American society, culture, and education.

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