March 9, 2010
Dr. Derek Bruff takes issue with my satire on the use of clickers (“The Data-Driven Classroom,” March 3, 2010). His comments, professional and sincere, are also provocative at a ti......
March 9, 2010
So reports Robert Shibley at FIRE. He writes: [T]his serves as evidence that the emphasis of the modern university seems more and more to be on regulating students (not just their behavior, but th......
March 9, 2010
Check out our new Facebook Causes page to raise funds for an NAS intern! http://apps.facebook.com/causes/457667/13839634 Please consider joining the cause and donating as you are able. We'd love......
March 9, 2010
It's Women's History Month, and performances of Vagina Monologues seem to be ubiquitous, as we endeavor to advance the cause of women in the higher learning. Based on the content I've se......
March 9, 2010
At Oceana High, all students were to join in the March 4 activism, to the loss of an entire day of education.
March 8, 2010
I have attended two "Tea Party" meetings of the Kingston/Rhinebeck Tea Party. About forty people attended the first meeting and about 75 attended the second. Given that the m......
March 8, 2010
Journalist Michael Gerson gives the president an A+ for his efforts to reform education. But wait. What's the word about how these efforts are shaping up in New York State? Recently it was......
March 8, 2010
Kevin Carey offers some overreaching reform ideas that line up with President Obama's goal to make the United States the most higher-educated nation in the world by 2020.
March 5, 2010
Check out this week's articles at NAS.org: Member Alert We want to make sure you are receiving your issues of Academic Questions on time. Let us know if you've had any problems with your sub......
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Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber....
November 19, 2024
NAS welcomes the nomination of Congressmen Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency....
November 20, 2024
With McMahon, the new administration has a chance to drastically slim down and depoliticize the Education Department....
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?...
May 26, 2010
A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....
