April 17, 2020

Article: Dark Money at American Colleges

Peter Wood

Dan Proft interviews NAS president Peter Wood on how American college and universities profit from foreign funding and recruitment. 

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April 8, 2020

Article: Rethinking University Dependence on Foreign Students

David Randall

Once the coronavirus pandemic subsides, might it not be better if we tried to attract American students and their tuition dollars by competing to provide a rigorous, remunerative education?

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March 26, 2020

Article: Universities for Sale

David Randall

The higher education establishment will use the coronavirus emergency to double down on their dependence on China. This is precisely the wrong response.

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March 19, 2020

Article: Scrutiny of China's Donations to American Universities is Long Overdue

David Randall

We are no republic if we let the plutocrats and the bureaucrats manage our colleges for us, as they have done, to America’s detriment, for far too long.

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March 12, 2020

Article: Senator Chuck Grassley Issues Stern Warning About Confucius Institutes

National Association of Scholars

In a letter to 77 colleges and universities, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley urges higher ed presidents to reconsider their support of Confucius Institutes.

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March 23, 2020

Academic Questions: Federally-Funded Middle East Studies Centers Need Scrutiny

Winfield Myers

In 2019 the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation of the Duke/University of North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies over the possible misuse of federal Title VI funds. This......

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November 26, 2019

Article: Happy Thanksgiving from NAS

David Acevedo

NAS has much to be thankful for this year. John David covers our top 5 recent stories of success.

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November 12, 2019

Article: New Foreign Disclosure Policy in an Age of Opacity

David Acevedo

The Department of Education has proposed new changes to foreign disclosure policy which would drastically improve financial transparency in American higher education.

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September 3, 2019

Academic Questions: The Hopeful Land

David Randall

A review of Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story.

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