January 31, 2023

DEI Takes the Old Dominion

Teresa R. Manning

A new report from the Virginia Association of Scholars details what DEI costs Virginia.

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January 27, 2023

Video: Standing Against Institutional Capture

National Association of Scholars

Listen in as Bradley Watson discusses how anti-intellectualism has overtaken and captured America's colleges and universities, and what professors might do to stand athwart such advances.

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January 26, 2023

Counterproductive Tenure Reform

David Randall

North Dakota House Bill 1446 proposes new reform to tenure in the state's public universities. While the sentiment is welcome, the bill is likely to decrease intellectual diversity on campus.

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January 25, 2023

Florida Scraps Advanced Placement Course for Activism

National Association of Scholars

Defunding programs founded on the "activist model" protects students from unwarranted political influence.  

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January 25, 2023

Letter: The New Mexico Public Education Department Must Revise Its Social Studies Standards

Peter Wood and David Randall

We believe that NMPED should revise its social studies standards to ensure that they provide an adequate, uniform, and sufficient social studies education to all New Mexico students.

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January 24, 2023

Proposed Revisions to Strengthen the Resiliency of the Center for American Exceptionalism

National Association of Scholars

House Bill 1070 is a wonderful initiative—but South Dakota policymakers should not waste taxpayer dollars on a Center that will be captured by activists.

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January 24, 2023

Diminishing Returns of Grant-Based Science

David Randall

Disruptive science is on the decline, are flush coffers to blame?

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January 24, 2023

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Hangs Its Hat in Texas

National Association of Scholars

A new report details how diversity, equity, and inclusion has gained influence over vast areas of life at the University of Texas at Austin.

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January 20, 2023

Virginia is for Lovers, not DEI Ideologues

Mason Goad

In light of the recent unrest in Northern Virginia high schools, the Commonwealth must not forget to hold its universities, the superordinate educational authorities, to some accountability.

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A Portrait of Claireve Grandjouan

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The Academic's Roadmap

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Subpoenas for All!

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

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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....

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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?...