July 1, 2024

MTC: On the Warpath: Elizabeth Weiss Exposes the Fall of Academic Rigor and the Rise of Cancel Culture in New Book

Jared Gould

On the Warpath: My Battles with Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors is an explosive and humorous new book by Elizabeth Weiss, a National Association of Scholars board member and Minding the Campus......

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December 9, 2024

MTC: San José State’s Dispiriting Volleyball Saga

Elizabeth Weiss

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal on December 4, 2024. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposte......

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November 13, 2024

MTC: I Attended Hereticon

Elizabeth Weiss

From October 28th to the wee hours of October 31st, I attended Hereticon at the Faena Hotel on Miami Beach. Put on by tech billionaire Peter Thiel—who has been frequently and unfairly villainized by t......

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September 25, 2024

Statement: NAS Statement on University of Pennsylvania Sanction of Amy Wax

Peter Wood

The National Association of Scholars is outraged—but not surprised—by Penn's decision to penalize Wax for exercising her academic freedom. 

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October 14, 2024

MTC: Both Sides Threaten Democracy—It's Time Leftist Professors Admit It

Robert Maranto

On the September 27th edition of PBS’s Washington Week, reporters expressed barely controlled outrage about the Trump campaign’s slanderous attacks on Haitian immigrants. Why don’t seemingly racist—no......

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September 4, 2024

Media: VIDEO: WWW: Wax, Weiss, Widdowson—this time it's personal

National Association of Scholars

Listen in on our special, in-person event recorded at our New York City office, featuring Amy Wax, Elizabeth Weiss, and Frances Widdowson.

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September 16, 2024

MTC: California Legislative Meeting Starts with Prayer, Ends with Burying Science

Elizabeth Weiss

Last month, California assemblyman James C. Ramos started a state legislative meeting with a prayer; it was appropriate for a meeting that would end with the funeral of anthropology in California.......

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August 5, 2024

Event: Event: WWW: Wax, Weiss, Widdowson—this time it's personal

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars for a special in-person event at our New York City office, featuring Amy Wax, Elizabeth Weiss, and Frances Widdowson.

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June 25, 2024

MTC: Deboning Anthropological Science: A Boneheaded Decision

Elizabeth Weiss

In the last year, there has been a rapid increase in actions that involve removing human remains and photographs of human remains from anthropology and archaeology classrooms, conference halls, public......

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