Articles

03/24/08: Breaching the Walls of Academe: The Purposes, Problems, and Prospects of Military History (Preview from Academic Questions)
Military history as a subject generally summons us to imagine lessons "learned from the past," phrased in abstract universals; or the entertainment value of the History Channel ("the male equivalent of the romance novel"). But perhaps there is a third arena encompassed by military history, one that now stands besieged and vulnerable. This article by John A Lynn II is a sample from our next issue of Academic Questions, which focuses on the military and liberal education.

03/24/08: Vietnam: Historians at War (Preview from Academic Questions)
Has reasoned study of the Vietnam War been trampled by radical adherence to the politically correct? In this preview article from our forthcoming issue of Academic Questions (focused on the military and liberal education), Mark Moyar confronts the War's orthodox antiwar historians.

03/20/08: Nobody Watching
We've reached the tipping point in human resources where administrators now outnumber teaching faculty. Things have been sliding quietly in that direction, aided by the addition of new positions such as Chief Diversity Officer and Dean of Multicultural Life. Although the trend has gone largely unbeknownst to the larger university community, NAS has been on task to end such disregard. To that end, we are organizing a core of academy watchers, who will penetrate the obscurity that veils such questionable practices. Keep the tipping point in mind as you hear of newly created positions at your institution, and please consider becoming one of those who will be "eyes" for us as the NAS tracks trends and events in higher education.

03/19/08: Freedom Bound: The AAUP Presidential Election
After interviewing AAUP presidential candidates Cary Nelson and Tom Guild, Ashley Thorne and Peter Wood conclude that one creed can be used with two opposite meanings. That said, NAS hopes to see the AAUP return to its original definition of academic freedom.

03/05/08: Preferring Merit: Why Racial Preferences Are Worse than Legacy Admissions
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Press Releases

02/15/08: NAS Urges HHS to Disavow Voter Discrimination
The Council for Social Work Education persists in unconstitutional practices. NAS Urges HHS to Disavow Voter Discrimination.

12/19/07: NAS Expresses Pleasure and Relief at Advisory Panel’s Recommendation on the AALE