Collegiate Press Roundup 6-30-2010
June 30, 2010 By Glenn Ricketts
College students write about the Texas governor’s contest, the high cost of Dartmouth’s Sophomore Summer program, the awkward aspects of returning to your parents’ abode during summer break, and the need for students to buckle down and read a book.

Evaluate This
June 29, 2010 By Peter Cohee
A seasoned public school teacher concludes: teacher evaluations as they are don't make teachers better, don't get rid of bad teachers, aren't needed by good teachers, and don't improve schools or student learning.

Sustainability News 6-28-2010
June 28, 2010 By Ashley Thorne
This week’s news includes students sending hair clippings to help plug the oil spill; the reinventing of Biosphere 2; a new generation of sustainability graduates; how apocalyptic predictions can be encouraging; and one university's decision to go trayless.

Domestic Faction in a Republic, Part III
June 25, 2010 By George Seaver
In the United States today - education, media, law, family policy, and national security - deconstruction clashes with classical liberalism.

Domestic Faction in a Republic, Part II
June 24, 2010 By George Seaver
Renaissance and Enlightenment authors, as well as the U.S. founding fathers, saw the need to control factions in order to preserve the life of the republic.

Ashley Thorne on FOX News
June 24, 2010 By Ashley Thorne
Today NAS director of communications spoke about the "Beach Books" study on freshman summer reading.

Collegiate Press Roundup 6-23-2010
June 23, 2010 By Glenn Ricketts
Student columnists take a look at the Obama administration’s education policies, the threat to free speech posed by self-censorship, and the futility of banning smoking everywhere on campus.

Domestic Faction in a Republic, Part I
June 23, 2010 By George Seaver
Postmodern ideology, with its roots in higher education, is the source of poisonous faction in the United States today, writes George Seaver. But in the ancient Greek republics, factions were often beneficial.
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New Excellent Program: Master's Degree in Liberty Studies
June 22, 2010 By Ashley Thorne
Check out our catalog of excellent programs as we add the master's degree in liberty studies at U Illinois-Springfield.

Common Core Standards Miss the Mark
June 21, 2010 By Sandra Stotsky
Sandra Stotsky believes new standards for grades 6-12 English are too low and don't equip students to be "college- and career-ready.”

CAS Opposes Racial Preferences Bill
June 21, 2010 By John Ellis
The California Association of Scholars urges CA Senate not to pass a bill that will overturn Proposition 209 and allow the use of racial preferences in university admissions.

Dust Bowl Dust-Off
June 21, 2010 By Ashley Thorne
Do errors and bias distort the findings in a key environmental history book? An expert investigates.

Is U.S. Edu-Rhetoric a Pipe Dream? A Teacher Wants to Know
June 18, 2010 By Ashley Thorne
Teachers should be evaluated based on student performance - but on several conditions, says op-ed.

Collegiate Press Roundup 6-17-10
June 17, 2010 By Glenn Ricketts
In student news this week are opinions about student apathy, impediments to intellectual openness, the possible connection between federally subsidized corn and immigration problems, what to read during summer vacation, and thoughts on same-sex marriage.

40 Awkward Questions for College Tours
June 15, 2010 By Peter Wood, Glenn Ricketts, and Ashley Thorne
For parents and students going on college visits this summer, here are some questions admissions reps aren't expecting.

2010 Spring Semester Highlights
June 14, 2010 By Ashley Thorne
50 of our top articles this year

Video: Peter Wood Talks About Online Ed on My9 News
June 10, 2010
NAS president takes on the pros and cons of online education.

NAS in the News This Week
June 09, 2010 By Ashley Thorne
NAS had a spike in publicity when we released our report on freshman summer reading, "Beach Books: What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class?". Check out our press clippings from this week.

Collegiate Press Roundup 6-9-10
June 09, 2010 By Glenn Ricketts
This week’s undergraduate journalists take a look at the threat of Tea Partiers, the antiquated rules of major league baseball, the economic benefits of pornography, and the president of Brown’s membership on the board of a major Wall Street firm.

Shut Up, They Explained
June 08, 2010 By Peter Wood
A Chronicle article about the NAS's latest research report draws out the PC vigilantes. Peter Wood responds.
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Pets in Dorms...No Comment
June 08, 2010 By Glenn Ricketts
Bring your pit bull to class? Colleges welcome quadraped companions.

Reply to Wilson on Freshman Books
June 04, 2010 By Ashley Thorne
A response to John K. Wilson's reaction to the NAS report "Beach Books: What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class?"
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Collegiate Press Roundup 6-3-10
June 03, 2010 By Glenn Ricketts
Student journalists this week write about senior reflections, Teach for America, the line between the offensive and the satirical, reverse racism and the new health care law.

Beach Books: What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class?
June 03, 2010 By NAS
NAS presents a major study of colleges that assign a single book as summer reading to incoming freshmen.
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