Happy Independence Day from NAS!
July 02, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Ten great Fourth of July facts
Ideas and Idealogues
July 02, 2009 By Peter Wood
The Aspen Ideas Festival confuses social and political activism with scholarship.
The Race Isn't Over
July 02, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Complying with federal regulations, Virginia Tech calls on students to identify their race and ethnicity.
1 comment - Last on 07/03/2009
Acres of Rhinestones: Temple Betrays Its Heritage
July 01, 2009 By Stephen Zelnick - Academic Questions
This article by Stephen Zelnick recounting Temple University's departure from the Great Conversation will appear in a forthcoming issue of Academic Questions (vol. 22, no. 3).
1 comment - Last on 07/02/2009
Introducing ASMEA
June 30, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
A new organization, the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, upholds reasoned inquiry and the pursuit of the truth.
1 comment - Last on 07/02/2009
Educational Jargon Generator...No Comment
June 30, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Amaze your education colleagues with randomly assembled education phrases such as "Let's mesh mission-critical higher-order thinking!"
2 comments - Last on 07/02/2009
PC Gadflies Chide Their Own
June 30, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Blogging professors urge fellow academics to update their commitment to identity politics and sustainability.
What Does Ricci Mean for Higher Ed?
June 29, 2009 By Peter Wood
What principles about racial discrimination can we take from the case of the firefighters in New Haven?
1 comment - Last on 07/02/2009
Old Ills, New Remedies: A Conversation with Diane Auer Jones
June 29, 2009 By Carol Iannone - Academic Questions
This interview will appear in a forthcoming issue of Academic Questions (vol. 22, no. 3)
Name Dropping
June 26, 2009 By Peter Wood
Michael Jackson blurs, Governor Sanford trips, Farrah Fawcett strolls, and fermions chill out. NAS rides the news cycle.
1 comment - Last on 06/27/2009
2009 If I Ran the Zoo #5
June 26, 2009 By Robert L. Jackson
Robert Jackson says the higher ed zoo needs a Great Conversation.
Thursday Vert-Degree
June 25, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Green news: go asparaguses, intelligent life isn't sustainable in outer space either, and messages from AASHE.
What’s Critical about Critical Globalization Studies?
June 24, 2009 By Peter Wood
This year a UC Santa Barbara professor sent an email to his class, comparing Israeli actions to those of the Nazis. But where did this professor's academic field, "critical globalization studies" actually come from, and should it exist in the university in the first place?
"Specious and Seducing": Alexander Hamilton on Group Preferences
June 23, 2009 By Glenn Ricketts
Arizona puts a civil rights measure on the ballot for 2010. Alexander Hamilton comments.
2 comments - Last on 06/24/2009
Gothic Arch and Ghost Town
June 21, 2009 By Peter Wood
Princeton's gracious campus expresses confidence in the life of the mind; UMass Amherst's Chancellor cries uncle; a New Jersey ghost town points its bony finger.
2 comments - Last on 06/22/2009
Endangered Colleges
June 19, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
The U.S. Department of Education recently released a list of 114 private non-profit colleges that failed the Department’s test of financial responsibility. These colleges could be headed for shutdown...
1 comment - Last on 06/20/2009
Marching Forward
June 18, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
An update on the military and higher education.
ACTA Launches Campaign to Recognize Free Exchange of Ideas
June 18, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
A new report from our sister organization commends colleges that foster intellectual diversity.
Congratulations to NEH Enduring Questions Grant Winner
June 17, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Bruce Gans, pioneer of the Great Books movement at community colleges, receives national recognition for his pilot course on the question "What is freedom?"
Clash of Symbols
June 16, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Elsa Murano, the first Latina president of Texas A&M University, has resigned. Some lament the loss of the institution's "symbol" of diversity.
3 comments - Last on 06/18/2009