February 2, 2021

President Biden and Foreign Influence in Higher Ed

David Acevedo

In a new article for The Federalist, Rachelle Peterson enumerates the specific dangers coming from the CCP and offers to the Biden administration five recommendations for continued reforms.

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February 1, 2021

UCF Fires Charles Negy Following Pretextual Investigation

David Acevedo

The University of Central Florida has fired Professor Charles Negy after an investigation that the school appeared to launch in response to his controversial Tweets.

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January 26, 2021

Prejudice Under the Microscope

David Acevedo

Does the popular race Implicit Association Test stand up to careful scrutiny?

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January 25, 2021

A Canceled Music Theorist Fights Back

David Randall

Professor Timothy Jackson has initiated a lawsuit against the University of North Texas, to seek redress for the harm done to him after his defense of music theorist Heinrich Schenker.

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January 25, 2021

CFER Defends Merit in UC Admissions

National Association of Scholars

Californians for Equal Rights is fighting back against a proposed University of California policy change, one that would abolish standardized testing requirements on all ten campuses.

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January 25, 2021

Jon Westling, R.I.P.

Peter Wood

Jon Westling, a former president of Boston University, died on January 15. Here, NAS President Peter Wood provides his tribute and reminisence.

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January 22, 2021

Biden Signals Return to Pseudo-History and Race and Sex Stereotyping

National Association of Scholars

In one fell swoop, President Biden has disbanded Trump's 1776 Commission and reversed an executive order banning race and sex stereotyping. This does not bode well for American education.

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January 22, 2021

The 1776 Commission Report Reinvigorates the American Mind

Mike Sabo

The 1776 Report intends to rebaptize American citizens in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, reinvigorating the American mind in the twenty-first century.

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January 21, 2021

When Cancel Culture Comes: Resources for Scholars, Administrators, and Students

National Association of Scholars

Cancel culture is merciless, and it moves at light speed. If you or someone you know are facing cancellation, click here for downloadable resources.

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January 21, 2021

Fringe History, Flawed Scholarship

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars on February 3 at 2 pm ET for Fringe History, an event that will assemble notable scholars to comment on different aspects of Wood's 1620, the 1619 Project......

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May 7, 2024

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Creating Students, Not Activists

The mobs desecrating the American flag, smashing windows, chanting genocidal slogans—this always was the end game of the advocates of the right to protest, action civics, student activ......

March 9, 2024

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A Portrait of Claireve Grandjouan

Claireve Grandjouan, when I knew her, was Head of the Classics Department at Hunter College, and that year gave a three-hour Friday evening class in Egyptian archaeology....

April 20, 2024

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The Academic's Roadmap

By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently....

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June 5, 2024

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Subpoenas for All!

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

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....

October 12, 2010

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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?...