Announcements
UD Faculty, Students Stand Up Against Res Life Proposal
UPDATE: The proposed program was not accepted at yesterday's Faculty Senate Meeting. Instead, a vigorous debate took place, to be continued on Monday, May 12. Read text...
Peter Wood publishes "Sustainability's Third Circle" in Inside Higher Education
Today, Inside Higher Education published an article by NAS executive director Peter Wood, entitled, "Sustainability's Third Circle." The article explains how sustainability's agenda is political and ideological, as well as environmental. Read text...
Pacific Legal Foundation Essay Competition
July 1, 2008 deadline. For free society: legal research and writing program. Categories for law students, untenured law professors, and tenured law professors. $5,000 prize. Read text...
The 2008 Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest
May 1, 2008 deadline Read text...
AQ Subscribers: Read the Journal Online
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Academic Questions: Newest Issue Hot off the Press
The National Association of Scholars recently released a new issue of its journal, Academic Questions. The issue features articles by President Stephen Balch and Executive Director Peter Wood. Read text...
Our New Website!
NAS is pleased to launch our new website, designed and hosted by Princeton Online. We now offer a fresh, clean site that is better organized and can be navigated more easily.
Soon to come:
The website will also include an interactive feature that will enable readers to post comments on what we publish.
We welcome your insights and observations and invite you to peruse our website.
To Members and Readers
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Position Available: Academic Project Director
The National Association of Scholars is seeking candidates for the new position of Academic Project Director. This person will manage several NAS projects aimed at stimulating reform in higher education. We need someone who has academic experience, writes and speaks well, can work under deadline, and is computer savvy. A Ph.D., earned doctorate, or ABD is required. Experience in advocating for educational reform is preferred, as is a record of publication in journals of opinion. This is a demanding job for an academic who has seen the contemporary university from the inside and who knows first-hand that our students and our nation deserve better. Salary commensurate with experience and skills.
To apply send a letter, your c.v., and sample publications to Peter Wood, Executive Director, National Association of Scholars, 221 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08542. Position is immediate. Candidates will be reviewed as they apply.
Ashley Thorne Joins NAS as Communications Director
Mrs. Ashley Thorne has been appointed NAS director of communications. Mrs. Thorne is a graduate of The King's College in New York City, where she majored in politics, philosophy, and economics. She is from Dallas, Texas, and has also spent considerable time in Russia as a Christian missionary. Mrs. Thorne is taking charge of our Argus initiative, which aims to recruit individuals who will examine particular programs, universities, and other institutions and report their findings to NAS in ways that we can post. She also takes charge of our continuing examination of schools of social work.
Latest Posting on NAS Online Forum
Looking at today's campus, Don Downs observes on the loss of the framework within which civil disagreement can take place. When personal becomes political, civility evaporates and with it goes free speech.
Noteworthy Achievement: NAS President Receives National Medal
NAS president Steven Balch received the National Humanities Medal at a ceremony in the Oval Office on Thursday, November 15.
Steve received the award in recognition of his success in building the National Association of Scholars and thereby strengthening the foundations of American education especially in the humanities and the liberal arts. Steve has been "institution building" for over twenty years, starting with NAS. He also played a major role in getting the AALE and ACTA off the ground, then helped to launch the Historical Society, the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, and the Association for the Study of Free Institutions. He's also worked to create centers and programs focused on Western civilization and the study of free institutions on campuses around the country. Read text...