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Time to graduate?
May 29, 2009 By Carol Iannone
A prominent literary critic weighs evidence that artistic nihilism has become a bore.

Mac Mods
May 29, 2009 By Peter Wood
Macalester College shuts out a moderate alumni group.

"O Cosmic Birther!" The Lord's Prayer Meets the American College Textbook
May 28, 2009 By Michael Booker
A philosophy professor finds an Internet legend subbing for the Gospel truth and looks in vain for "critical reasoning."

"Texans Are Stupid" and Other Lessons from the Public Schools
May 28, 2009 By Elena Callas
A teacher reflects on the politics she has seen in K-12 classrooms -and the playground.

The Public Interest and University Governance (Part 1)
May 27, 2009 By Tom Wood
The Palaima-Sandefer controversy at UT-Austin
4 comments - Last on 05/28/2009

Quorsum Haec?
May 27, 2009 By Glenn Ricketts
The College Board strives for a Latinless America.
2 comments - Last on 05/28/2009

It's Hard to Be Good
May 27, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
A new TV show satirizes the American obsession with doing the "right" thing.

Errant Liberty
May 26, 2009 By Peter Wood
Why Liberty University was unwise to de-recognize its Young Democrats Association.

400th Article
May 22, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Learn our secrets! Find what you missed in our first 400 articles. Browse by topic, by special series, by college/university, or by date.

Balloon Animals
May 22, 2009 By Peter Wood
How Massachusetts teachers brush up on their skills.

Who Owns Science?
May 22, 2009 By Peter Wood
A critique of "Hail to the Intellectual President."

Where Do We Start? Reforming American Education
May 21, 2009 By Peter Wood
10 principles for restoring the integrity of our education.

2009 If I Ran the Zoo #4
May 20, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Ashley Thorne would say "toot-a-loo!" to race-based grouping if she ran the zoo.

2009 If I Ran the Zoo #2 and #3
May 19, 2009 By Felicia Chernesky and Carol Iannone
How the AQ editors would run the higher ed zoo: "Unlock the philosophers!" says Felicia Chernesky. "Bring on the curfews and visiting hours!" says Carol Iannone.

Ask a Scholar: Rape or Seduction in Tess of the D'Urbervilles?
May 18, 2009 By Carol Iannone
In Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d'Urbervilles, is the encounter between Tess and Alec in the forest rape or seduction?
1 comment - Last on 05/21/2009

Virginia Tech Follies, Synergy Edition
May 18, 2009 By Peter Wood
VT gives three new reasons as to why it has made the promotion of “diversity” its central task.
2 comments - Last on 05/18/2009

Reason? Reason? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Reason!
Scholarship Today
May 18, 2009
The university now produces graduates who believe reason is "only a mask of power."
13 comments - Last on 05/23/2009

Sustainability Education’s New Morality
May 15, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
What will happen when the sustainability revolutionaries take over the college curriculum?
2 comments - Last on 05/17/2009

Princeton News
May 14, 2009 By Peter Wood
Students protest Professor Robert George and National Organization of Marriage

Announcing NAS's Summer 2009 "If I Ran the Zoo" Series
May 13, 2009 By Peter Wood
Submit your idea of how you would run the higher education zoo! Send your text or video submission to nasonweb@nas.org.
2 comments - Last on 05/14/2009

Virginia Tech Follies, Roanoke Edition
May 13, 2009 By Peter Wood
The Lost Colony caricatures both NAS and "diversity."
2 comments - Last on 05/18/2009

Keeping the Faith - Out
May 12, 2009 By Glenn Ricketts
Debate over President Obama's Notre Dame commencement address sparks anti-Catholic fervor.

Sandefer Exaggerates
May 11, 2009 By Peter Wood
Two-thirds of every dollar spent for American higher education goes to research?
1 comment - Last on 05/12/2009

Twitter and Tube
May 11, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
You can now follow NAS on Twitter and watch us on YouTube!

Holding VT Accountable: Virginia Association of Scholars Writes Again
May 11, 2009 By Carey Stronach
NAS's Virginia affiliate writes a second letter to Virginia Tech president Charles Steger, asking him to rethink his position on "inclusive excellence."
1 comment - Last on 05/12/2009

The Antagonym Explained
May 08, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
A new paper by Donald Downs at the Pope Center defines "Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How to Tell the Difference"
1 comment - Last on 05/09/2009

Three Cheers for the Dons: Part 3
May 08, 2009 By Tom Wood
What happens when student affairs functions far oufund the university's core academic operations, teaching and research?    Open PDF file (376.70KB) . . .
1 comment - Last on 05/11/2009

Facilitating Name Inflation At Old Dominion
May 07, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
A Virginia public university's diversity office regroups.

Testing 1, 2, 3
May 07, 2009 By Peter Wood
On the role of high school Advanced Placement courses and exams today.
2 comments - Last on 05/08/2009

Imported Bologna
May 06, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
A bad American idea that went to Europe and came back worse.

Three Cheers for the Dons: Part 2
May 06, 2009 By Tom Wood
Governance structures that take control of the university out of the hands of the faculty make it easier for “change agents” to operate.

Ask a Scholar: Translating "Queering," "Race-ing," and "Worlding"
May 06, 2009 By Peter Wood
A reader asks: What do identity hustlers mean when they use words like "queering," "race-ing," "worlding," etc.?

Derryberry Day at NAS
May 06, 2009 By Peter Wood
We welcome our very own Jaques to the Forest of Arden.

Bias Tuesday
May 05, 2009 By Ashley Thorne
Current bias stories at MIT, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and University of Wisconsin.
1 comment - Last on 05/06/2009

Snitch Studies at Cal Poly: We Snare Because We Care
May 05, 2009 By Peter Wood
The university launches a new bias incident reporting system to enforce "respect."
4 comments - Last on 05/06/2009

Three Cheers for the Dons: Part 1
May 05, 2009 By Tom Wood
Would universities be better off if their governing bodies were controlled by their faculties? This three-part series investigates.

Macalester Preps for World Domination
May 04, 2009 By Peter Wood
Strongbad mentioned as possible leader, grateful global citizens break out in spontaneous Harambee celebration, American higher education at its finest
4 comments - Last on 05/08/2009

Seat Time at the AAC&U
May 01, 2009 By Peter Wood
78% of colleges and universities use learning outcomes, survey says.
1 comment - Last on 05/04/2009

Virginia Tech’s “Inclusive” Rodomontade
May 01, 2009 By Peter Wood
VT embraces exclusive mediocrity...and calls it inclusive excellence.
3 comments - Last on 05/02/2009