February 10, 2010

Florida Students Petition to Make Mandatory Sustainability Course Optional

Ashley Thorne

Florida Gulf Coast University students say mandated eco-propaganda actually fosters anti-environmentalism.

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February 9, 2010

Minorities Set Up Whites-Only Scholarship Program

Ashley Thorne

The Oregon League of Minority Voters has announced its intention to create a college scholarship program for white students who will study race relations. Via the Chronicle of Higher Education, the......

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February 9, 2010

Professor Bertonneau Replies

George Leef

       Tom Bertonneau's recent articles for the Pope Center have drawn some criticism on the NAS blog. He has written this reply: The responses posted on this......

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February 9, 2010

Overheard at Starbuck's: A Parents Call

Ashley Thorne

Parents and grandparents of college students, we’d love to hear from you. Do you have a memorable comment your child has said about his or her college experience?

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February 8, 2010

Help NAS Through 'Give a Tweet'

Ashley Thorne

Be the first to donate to the National Association of Scholars through Give a Tweet, a new Twitter fundraising site! Give a Tweet enables companies and individuals to match donations so that giving......

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February 8, 2010

On Dewey and Critical Thinking

Ashley Thorne

At American Thinker, Chuck Roger considers the damage done to education by John Dewey: Psychologizing introduced an emotionalism to education that defocused the student from facts, knowledge, and......

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February 8, 2010

Light a Candle: For-Profit Education, Online Learning

Jonathan Bean

As everyone knows, state funding of higher education is notoriously unreliable. After a nationwide surge in direct spending to universities (the boom years), the bust has arrived. Big surprise. Whil......

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February 8, 2010

Radio Segment on 'The Death of Manliness'

Ashley Thorne

NAS communications director appeared on a radio broadcast to speak about the latest efforts to discredit men on college campuses.

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February 8, 2010

The Green Police, They Live Inside My Head

Ashley Thorne

A Super Bowl commercial prompts confusion as to whether the sustainabullies are good or bad.

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

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