July 22, 2009
Paul Hollander, NAS advisory board member and distinguished scholar of Marxism, reflects upon the intellectual career and contributions of Leszek Kolakowski, who passed away on July 17th.
July 21, 2009
The retail giant teams up with the University of Arkansas and Arizona State University to find ways to measure products' social and environmental impact.
July 16, 2009
President Obama announces the American Graduation Initiative, a $12 billion dollar fund for community colleges.
July 15, 2009
In the age of the Kindle, Google Books, the iPhone, and audio books, have we lost something precious now that we can't smell what we read?
July 10, 2009
With the transformation of our website over the last year, we feel a bit as if we have emerged from a gloomy June into a warm sunny day.
July 10, 2009
"Approach sustainability as an issue woven into the fabric of every university, rather than as a passing fad."
July 9, 2009
College presidents ask the Senate to help support sustainability education.
October 29, 2024
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....