February 11, 2021
Press Release: Scholars Call for Biden to Reinstate Transparency for Confucius Institutes
National Association of Scholars
President Biden has quietly withdrawn a Trump Administration policy proposal that would have required all colleges and K-12 schools to disclose any ties with Confucius Institutes.
February 9, 2021
Article: DoJ Reverses Course on Yale Lawsuit
David Acevedo
The Department of Justice has dropped its lawsuit against Yale University, which alleged that the school is in ongoing violation of civil rights law in its undergraduate admissions.
January 11, 2021
Event: EVENT: Freedom to Learn
National Association of Scholars
How do we reform America's costly, politicized, and dysfunctional system of higher education? Join the National Association of Scholars this Wednesday, January 13th at 3 pm ET to find out.
January 13, 2021
Press Release: Scholars Encourage Reforms to the Higher Education Act
National Association of Scholars
How do we encourage reform of America’s costly, politicized, and dysfunctional system of higher education? NAS's policy recommendations in Freedom to Learn detail a way forward.
January 9, 2021
Article: Turning a Blind Eye to Chinese Malfeasance Does Not Advance Justice
David Acevedo
An open letter from three organizations to President-elect Biden urges him to end the DoJ's China Initiative, denouncing it as racist. This will lead to less justice, not more.
December 22, 2020
Article: NDAA 2021 Plays Softball with Confucius Institutes
David Acevedo
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 is on the president's desk, but its restrictions on Confucius Institutes don't go nearly far enough.
December 30, 2020
Academic Questions: The Deconstruction of the Nation State
Glynn Custred
Globalists and Marxists alike dream of a borderless world in which the sovereign nation-state is subordinate to a global ruling class. Both movements recognize that reframing history in a way that fac......
November 25, 2020
Article: Happy Thanksgiving from NAS!
David Acevedo
Even in this rollercoaster of a year, there is still much for which we may be thankful. Here are our top five encouraging higher ed developments from 2020.
October 27, 2020
Article: ED Finds Over $6.5 Billion in Undisclosed Foreign Gifts
David Acevedo
In a new report, the Department of Education details “four decades of pervasive noncompliance” with foreign gift disclosure law by American colleges and universities.
November 20, 2020
Article: U.S. Education Reform is Necessary for International Security
David Acevedo
The State Department has released a new report titled "The Elements of the China Challenge," which examines the global threats posed by the CCP and sets forth goals to counteract it.