February 5, 2009

No Maintenance At All: Just Education

Ashley Thorne

The Salem campus of SNHU remembers why we go to college in the first place.

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February 4, 2009

Champlain Ethics

Peter Wood

How the University of Vermont waters down character education

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February 3, 2009

Art for Gold

Peter Wood

Cash flow collides with the higher things at Brandeis.

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February 2, 2009

Vote on Administrator's Political Showcasing

Ashley Thorne

Should a campus dean use his university platform to advertise his politics? Vote now!

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January 30, 2009

Debate: The Meaning of Academic Freedom

At the 2009 conference NAS president Peter Wood and AAUP president Cary Nelson debated the definition of this core principle.

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January 30, 2009

Electracy What a Tangled Web We Weave

Peter Wood

If electronic proficiency replaces literacy, can we be truly whole?

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January 29, 2009

Panel 1: The Changing Political Landscape of Higher Education

The first panel at the recent NAS conference, moderated by Anne Neal, included Abigail Thernstrom, Greg Lukianoff, Terry Hartle, and Diane Auer Jones.

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January 29, 2009

Shaming the Winners

Ashley Thorne

Media hype after a 100-0 basketball game between two small private schools in Dallas exemplified a cultural tendency to vilify success.

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January 29, 2009

Academic Freedom for Students: NAS Affirms Lernfreiheit

We believe that college students, in addition to faculty members, should enjoy fundamental intellectual freedom.

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January 8, 2025

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NAS Condemns the AHA's “Scholasticide” Resolution

The National Association of Scholars condemns the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” which the members of the American Historical Association passed by 428 t......

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Exclusive Documents: UC-Boulder Breaks Civil Rights Law to Advance Racial Preferences

New FOIA documents grant a window into how the University of Colorado-Boulder, in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, discriminates on the basis of protected class and upholds a co......

February 13, 2025

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The Grown Ups are Back: On Gender, Trump Replaces Confusion and Chaos with Clarity and Common Sense

With this administration, the grown ups are back: Trump is replacing confusion and chaos with clarity and common sense—not just for women’s sports but also for America....

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May 15, 2015

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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?...

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....