NAS In The News

When Obamacare Met Obama-Ed
March 11, 2010 - Power Line

Debating RTT4HE
March 09, 2010 By Kevin Carey - Chronicle of Higher Education, Brainstorm

The Rise of the Watermelon Activists
March 03, 2010 By Avi Davis - Avi Davis Blog

TWU Stands Its Ground in the Face of Critical Academic Report
February 11, 2010 By Lloyd Mackey - CanadianChristianity.com

Manhood: Valued at the Superbowl but Ignored in Academia?
February 08, 2010 - Network of Enlightened Women

Thought Reform and Ideological Screening on Campus in 2009
December 31, 2009 By Adam Kissel - FIRE

Communist Education Journal Used to Radicalize Teachers and Students
December 18, 2009 - IUSB Vision

Are We Stuck with the Politically Correct University?
December 15, 2009 By George Leef - Clarion Call

Center for Vague Principles of the Left -- err, I mean -- Social Justice
December 02, 2009 By Abby Alger - Reformer's Blog

Diversity as Admission Requirement
December 02, 2009 By La Shawn Barber - American Civil Rights Institute

The AAUP: A View From the Top
December 01, 2009 By Cary Nelson - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Political Correctness Revisited: Views From Both Sides
November 30, 2009 By Stanley Fish - New York Times Opinionator

Will the Climate Conspiracy at CRU Curb Dishonest Scientists?
November 24, 2009 By Candace de Russy - Phi Beta Cons

Why Do We Hate? Academics Seek Answer in New Field
November 18, 2009 By Nicholas Geranios - Associated Press

College: Investment or Vacation?
November 17, 2009 By George Leef - Clarion Call

Rough Going at Hamilton
October 21, 2009 By Mark Bauerlein - Minding the Campus

Jim Leach's Bridge to Nowhere
October 13, 2009 By Scott Johnson - Power Line

A Tale of Two Authors
October 13, 2009 By Brian Birdnow - Townhall.com

More from the Group
October 12, 2009 By KC Johnson - Durham-in-Wonderland

Socialism Comes to a College or University Near You
October 09, 2009 By Ken Campbell - Red County

A Duke Professor's Questionable Memory
October 09, 2009 By Mark Bauerlein - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Sustainapedia: An Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education
October 09, 2009 By Abby Alger - CampusReform.org

Five Liberal Classics?
September 26, 2009 By Daniel McCarthy - The American Conservative

Oshkosh's Sustainability Should Be Examined Again
September 24, 2009 By Advance-Titan Staff - Advance-Titan

Intolerance for Non-Progressive Ideas
September 20, 2009 By Jeff Lytle - Veritas Libertas

Fumbling Jobs Issue Will Lose Reagan Democrats
September 16, 2009 By Phyllis Schlafly - Washington Times

Fat Studies Emerges as an Academic Field
September 14, 2009 By Eleanor Yang Su - San Diego Union-Tribune

Defining Diversity Down
September 14, 2009 By Jim Skaggs - One Eternal Day

Swordplay by Paglia and Wood
September 14, 2009 By Candace de Russy - Phi Beta Cons

Sense and Sustainability
September 12, 2009 By Janie B. Cheaney - World Magazine

The National Association of Scholars Mentions Claremont Conservative in the Trayless Debate
September 11, 2009 By Charles Johnson - Claremont Conservative

Denying Diversity
September 09, 2009 By Brian T. Johnson - Principally Political

More Good Blogs and Imaginary Colleges
September 07, 2009 - The Chiego Blog

Who is Van Jones?
September 04, 2009 By Brian T. Johnson - Principally Political

Sustainability, the New Marxism
September 03, 2009 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

Politics in the Classroom, One More Time
September 02, 2009 By Alan Jacobs - The New Atlantis Blogs: Text Patterns

Losing the Culture Struggle Means Losing Our Freedom
August 29, 2009 By Richard Falknor - Blue Ridge Forum

The Real Problem in Higher Education
August 28, 2009 - The Western Confucian

How Not to Fix Higher Education
August 27, 2009 By Daniel McCarthy - The American Conservative

Sustaining Trade and Education
August 20, 2009 By King Banaian - SCSU Scholars

Imitation = Learning
August 09, 2009 By Dr Davis - Teaching College English

A Thought on the Radical Sustainability Movement
August 09, 2009 By ElGrowlerGrande - Growls

NAS: Sustainability's 'Social Justice' Component is a Capacious Circle
August 08, 2009 By Jenn Sierra - Fort Hard Knox

College, Credentials, and Cognition
August 07, 2009 By Headmistress, Zookeeper - The Common Room

When Fish Tried to Defend the Indefensible
August 06, 2009 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

Student wins court ruling after being slandered for his spiritual morals: Ask God Your Grade
July 16, 2009 By Samuel Connelly - Wichita Christian Faith & Culture Examiner

Judge Rejects Ward Churchill's Plea for Reinstatement, Vacates Verdict in His Favor
July 08, 2009 By Peter Schmidt - Chronicle of Higher Education

Raising the Bar on Teacher Ed
June 23, 2009 By Stephanie Lee - Inside Higher Ed

News Stories of Note
June 17, 2009 - Pond'rings

Peter Wood on the Proposed Expansion of Higher Ed
June 15, 2009 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

Campuses and Food
June 09, 2009 By King Banaian - SCSU Scholars

John Rosenberg Shreds the "Disparate Impact" Theory
June 09, 2009 By Hube - Colossus of Rhodey

If I Ran the Zoo - Traditionalist Version
June 05, 2009 By Lawrence Auster - View from the Right

Alumni group feuds with Macalester College over denial of reunion space
June 05, 2009 By Doug Belden - TwinCities.com

Bucks for Buckeyes
June 05, 2009 By Peter Wood - The Lantern

Harvard Endows Chair on Gay Studies
June 05, 2009 By Tracy Jan - Boston Globe

Denied a Discussion, A Macalester College Alumni Group Plans a Sit-In
June 02, 2009 By Robin Wilson - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Conservatives vs. Liberty
June 01, 2009 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Constructive Criticism
May 27, 2009 By Erin O'Connor - Critical Mass

The American Ideal Cannot Survive Without Well-Informed Citizens
May 26, 2009 - Islam is War

A Sweeping Agenda for Education Reform
May 26, 2009 By Candace de Russy - Phi Beta Cons

More Social Science Arrogance and Nastiness at Duke
May 25, 2009 By Jon Ham - John Locke Foundation

Reason isn't just sleeping...
May 25, 2009 By Darleen Click - Protein Wisdom

The Next Generation
May 25, 2009 By KC Johnson - Durham in Wonderland

Way Over the Top
May 13, 2009 By Jerry Fuhrman - From On High

Foster diversity at Virginia Tech
May 13, 2009 By Editorial - Roanoke Times

At Tech, an ideological dispute over diversity
May 09, 2009 By Karin Kapsidelis - Richmond Times-Dispatch

You’re seeing more honors graduates the past few years
May 07, 2009 By Steve McGough - Radio Vice Online

Fraud in Academia: Grade Inflation 101
May 06, 2009 By Walter Williams - Capitalism Magazine

Cal Poly Lets the Dogs (Clowns) Out
May 05, 2009 - Roger Freburg

A lop-sided education: happy doomsday children who can't read or count so well, but maybe it won't matter in the end, anyway
May 04, 2009 - Matt Buckley-Golder

"The Classroom Without Reason" by Douglas Campbell
May 02, 2009 By Michael Gold - MGTutoring

Important Reading
May 02, 2009 By David Foster - Chicago Boyz

The University Campus: Bias and Prejudice in Higher Education
May 01, 2009 By SteveK - The National Scene

The Comments to the Piece are also Worth Reading
May 01, 2009 By kc_anathema - LiveJournal

Posted Here Because Some Won't Like
May 01, 2009 By Elmarnieh - phpBB

The Content of Higher Ed's Character
May 01, 2009 By Erin O'Connor - Critical Mass

The National Association of Scholars - The Gadflies of Postmodernist "Higher" Education
April 30, 2009 By Larry Gearhart - Eyes of Faith

"American Character, the Remix: How College is Shaping Us Now"
April 30, 2009 - Alliance Alert

UVA Offers Bachelor's Degrees Via NOVA
April 29, 2009 By Leah Fabel - Washington Examiner

Academe Has Deformed Students' Character
April 29, 2009 By Candace de Russy - Phi Beta Cons

The Classroom Without Reason
April 28, 2009 By Francis Beckwith - What's Wrong with the World

Closed-Mindedness in Higher Ed
April 28, 2009 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

"The Classroom Without Reason"
April 28, 2009 - Mark in Spokane

Virginia Tech's Diversity Requirement: Back to the Ramparts
April 27, 2009 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

The Left is Discredited, Long Live the Left!
April 27, 2009 By Lawrence Auster - View from the Right

Kids sing for the earth - or mourn
April 26, 2009 - Joanne Jacobs

Virginia Tech Decision Sparks Debate on Diversity Work and Faculty Evaluations
April 23, 2009 By Jamal Eric Watson - Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Bob Kerrey held hostage at the New School
April 23, 2009 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit.com

A Diversity Step Too Far
April 19, 2009 By Bill Maxwell - St. Petersburg Times

Debate Sharpens Over Ward Churchill Verdict
April 17, 2009 By Reggie Dylan - Dissident Voice

Victory at Virginia Tech: Good News Travels Fast
April 15, 2009 By Peter Bonilla - FIRE The Torch

"Diversity" Test at Virginia Tech Gets FIREd
April 15, 2009 By John Rosenberg - Discriminations

Business Schools and the Financial Meltdown
April 09, 2009 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

Virginia Tech Diversity Controversy
April 08, 2009 By Roger Clegg - Phi Beta Cons

Not a Person, But a Group
April 08, 2009 By David Thompson - David Thompson

Jury Rules for Ousted U. Colorado Professor
April 08, 2009 By Ellen Cushing - The Brown Daily Herald

Virginia Tech Gets It Right
April 06, 2009 By Erin O'Connor - Critical Mass

A Dollar for Your Verdict
April 03, 2009 By Erin O'Connor - Critical Mass

Roundup: Media's Take
April 03, 2009 - History News Network

Scholars Group Decries Churchill Verdict
April 03, 2009 - Denver Post Politics West

The Ward Churchill Verdict
April 03, 2009 By Mark Hemingway - Phi Beta Cons

A ($1) Win for Ward Churchill
April 03, 2009 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

Churchill Wins Lawsuit, but Only $1 in Damages
April 03, 2009 By Peter Schmidt - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Political Litmus Test
April 01, 2009 - IUSB Vision

Virginia Tech to Demand 'Diversity' Conformity By Vote
March 30, 2009 By Adam Kissel - FIRE The Torch

Show Me Your Diversity
March 30, 2009 By Erin O'Connor - Critical Mass

National Association of Scholars: "21st Century Skills" is Just Rehashed Educrat Jargon
March 28, 2009 By Wing Chun Geologist - Say Anything

Rights in the News: FIRE Stands Up for Virginia Tech Faculty
March 27, 2009 By Peter Bonilla - FIRE The Torch

Another "Diversity" Loyalty Oath in Virginia
March 27, 2009 By John Rosenberg - Discriminations

Commitment to Diversity as a Job Requirement
March 27, 2009 By Mark Bauerlein - The Chronicle Review

Wendy Shalit and a Battle for the Soul of Feminism
March 26, 2009 By Mary B. Worthington - Philadelphia Bulletin

Critics Challenge Diversity Language in Virginia Tech's Tenure Policy
March 26, 2009 By Robin Wilson - The Chronicle of Higher Education

FIRE Calls on Virginia Tech to Abandon New Political Litmus Test for Faculty
March 25, 2009 By Adam Kissel - FIRE's The Torch

Faculty Shouldn't be Solely Responsible for Campus Climate
March 24, 2009 By Editorial Board - Collegiate Times

Faculty Politics in the Classroom
March 20, 2009 By Zak Moore - Dartblog

An Attack on Academic Freedom
March 20, 2009 By Sara Dogan - FrontPageMagazine.com

'The Knowledge-Politics Problem'
March 20, 2009 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

Is the Internet Stupefying Students?
March 19, 2009 By Kenneth J. Cooper - Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Free Speech Under Fire at Universities
March 17, 2009 By Jay Bergman - Hartford Courant

News from Day 4 of Ward Churchill's Lawsuit Against the University of Colorado
March 13, 2009 By Maximilian Forte - Open Anthropology

NYT's Tierney Concerned About Use of Science-In the Obama Administration
March 09, 2009 By John W. Delicath - The Huffington Post

Members Only
March 07, 2009 By Mark Bauerlein - The Weekly Standard

Shifting Faculty Mission
March 05, 2009 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

Social Change Tops Classic Books in Professors' Teaching Priorities
March 05, 2009 By Robin Wilson - The Chronicle of Higher Education

A student reaction paper on social work education and ethics
March 02, 2009 By Eric Hadley-Ives - Social Welfare and Macro Practice

National Association of Scholars: Will Obama really cut education programs that don’t work?
March 01, 2009 By Wing Chun Geologist - Say Anything

A Student’s Compelling Account of Delaware’s Mandatory Diversity Training
February 26, 2009 By Adam Kissel - FIRE's The Torch

NAS: Will Universities Be Promoting Zombie Rights?
February 25, 2009 By Wing Chun Geologist - Say Anything

Terminable Terminology
February 19, 2009 By R. L. Jackson - The Propaedeuticist

Online Programs to Stop Sexual Harassment: Easy to Use but Not Always Enough
February 16, 2009 By Audrey Williams June - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Some professors chafe at such sensitivity training, saying it insults their intelligence

The Increasing Burden of Needless Administrators
February 05, 2009 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

RE: First Amendemnt-Academic Freedom Overlap
January 30, 2009 By David French - Phi Beta Cons

Postmodern Dogmatics
January 28, 2009 By R. L. Jackson - The Propaedeuticist

Expecting a Lot from Obama? Get in Line
January 24, 2009 By Tracie Powell - CQ Politics

Tom Petri Lauded for His Education Work
January 22, 2009 - The Northwestern

Brave New Dorm
January 20, 2009 By George Leef - Clarion Call

The American Association of Unprincipled Progressives
January 19, 2009 By Mike Adams - Townhall.com

Another Reason to be Concerned About Accreditation
January 15, 2009 By Andrew Kern - Quiddity

Do Education Schools Prepare Teachers to Teach?
January 14, 2009 By Andrew Kern - Quiddity

Eliminating Unconstitutional Speech Codes: A Nonpartisan Issue
January 14, 2009 By Kyle Smealie - FIRE The Torch

The Odd Couple
January 14, 2009 By Richard Vedder - Center for College Affordability and Productivity

Knocking Out Speech Codes, Keeping Everything Else?
January 13, 2009 By Anthony Paletta - Minding the Campus

Culture and Politics
January 12, 2009 By Cathy Young - The Y Files

Barack Obama and the Colorblind Vision
January 12, 2009 By Cathy Young - The Y Files

Big Hopes Pinned on Obama at National Association of Scholars' Meeting
January 11, 2009 By Peter Schmidt - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Academic-Freedom Debate Prompts Offer to Unite in Fighting Speech Codes
January 10, 2009 By Peter Schmidt - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Former Top Official at Education Dept. Criticizes How It Approached College Access
January 09, 2009 By Peter Schmidt - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Public Schools Change Young Evangelicals' Values
December 30, 2008 By Phyllis Schlafly - Human Events

NAS in January
December 09, 2008 By Erin O'Connor - Critical Mass

The Changing Landscape of American Higher Education
December 08, 2008 By LaShawn Barber - American Civil Rights Initiative Blog

National Association of Scholars Annual Conference, January 9-11, Washington, DC
December 08, 2008 By Matthew K. Tabor - Education for the Aughts

Higher Ed Debate
December 08, 2008 By Stanley Kurtz - NRO The Corner

Champions of Freedom: NAS and FIRE Meet at D.C. Conference
December 07, 2008 By Jonathan Bean - FreeU

National Association of Scholars Conference
December 06, 2008 By Eugene Volokh - Volokh Conspiracy

Attend This Conference
December 05, 2008 By Anthony Paletta - Minding the Campus

Ultimate Un-PC Christmas Gifts
December 04, 2008 By Stanley Kurtz - NRO The Corner

Greg Lukianoff and Adam Kissel to Speak at NAS Conference in D.C.
November 26, 2008 By Alisha Glennon - FIRE The Torch

Ideology In The Classroom
November 10, 2008 By John Leo - Minding the Campus

Professors’ Liberalism Contagious? Maybe Not
November 03, 2008 By Patricia Cohen - The New York Times

OSU Wants More Female Scientists
November 01, 2008 By Encarnacion Pyle - The Columbus Dispatch

FIRE Launches New Journal, ‘The Lantern,’ on Anniversary of University of Delaware Thought Reform Case
October 31, 2008 By Adam Kissel - FIRE The Torch

Is SRJC Complying With Anti-Preferences Law? (Hint: No)
October 30, 2008 By La Shawn Barber - American Civil Rights Institute

Equity or Hiring Discrimination at OSU?
October 22, 2008 By Candace de Russy - Phi Beta Cons

Southern Illinois University–Carbondale Faculty Senate Assails Proposed Sexual Harassment Policy over Abridgement of Rights
October 17, 2008 By Adam Kissel - FIRE The Torch

Faculty Senate to Protest Harassment Changes
October 15, 2008 By Morgan Hottes & Sean McGahan - Southern Illinois University Daily Egyptian

Professors with Pitchforks: Faculty "Hot" Over Harassment Code
October 14, 2008 - Free SIU

University of Illinois Responds to Widespread Complaints Against Ban on Political Activity
October 06, 2008 By Adam Kissel - FIRE The Torch

College Credit for Obama Campaigning?
September 24, 2008 By Stanley Kurtz - NRO The Corner

The College Credit for Obama Campaigning Scandal, UMass Amherst
September 24, 2008 By Matt K. Tabor - Education for the Aughts

Conservatives Try New Tack on Campuses
September 22, 2008 By Patricia Cohen - The New York Times

ACPA Responds to the National Association of Scholars on the "Learning Imperative"
September 12, 2008 By Steven M. Hubbard - Theory to Practice

Peter Wood Helps Set the Record Straight
August 25, 2008 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

Free to Choose? Maybe Not in American Academia
August 25, 2008 By Peter Wood - Wall Street Journal Letters

'Whole Person' Approach Belongs to the Liberal Arts
August 25, 2008 By Peter Wood - The Chronicle of Higher Education

If One Professor Gropes, Does Everyone Need Training?
August 15, 2008 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Education

How Our Culture Keeps Students Out of Science
August 08, 2008 By Peter Wood - The Chronicle of Higher Education

What Kinds of Bias?
July 30, 2008 By William Sjostrom - AtlanticBlog

I'll Be Watching You
July 30, 2008 By Marc Bousquet - The Chronicle of Higher Education Review

Big Argus Is Watching You
July 30, 2008 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Education

National Association of Scholars Starts New Effort to Watch Campuses
July 29, 2008 By Peter Schmidt - The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog

'Liberal Education': Lessons Beyond the Classroom
July 25, 2008 By Richard H. Hersh and Richard P. Keeling - The Chronicle of Higher Education

"Intergroup Dialogue" - The Latest Indoctrination Catchphrase
July 24, 2008 By John Leo - Minding the Campus

Could the Wrong Assessment Kill the Liberal Arts?
July 21, 2008 By Andrew David Moltz - Inside Higher Education

Group Argues That Out-of-Class Learning Is Domain of Faculty, Not Student Affairs
July 16, 2008 By Elyse Ashburn - The Chronicle of Higher Education

'Intergroup Dialogue' Promoted as Using Racial Tension to Teach
July 16, 2008 By Peter Schmidt - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
July 03, 2008 By Patricia Cohen - The New York Times

'If I Ran the Zoo'
June 20, 2008 By Samantha Harris - The Torch

Heaven Sustain Us: Environmentalists Have Taken Over the Dorms
May 23, 2008 By Naomi Schaefer Riley - The Wall Street Journal

Student Credit Crisis and the Value of Higher Education
May 15, 2008 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom

Terrific Article on Sustainability
May 14, 2008
Phi Beta Cons, George Leef.

The “Residence Life” Movement Finally Attracts Attention
May 14, 2008
Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, George Leef.

Traditional Values, New Websites
May 08, 2008
Matthew K. Tabor blog

No Old Wine in New Bottles
May 08, 2008
Critical Mass, Erin O'Connor

Victory for Freedom of Conscience at University of Delaware; More Debate Ahead
May 06, 2008
FIRE, The Torch, Adam Kissel

The (Academic) Politics of Sustainability
May 01, 2008
PrawfsBlawg, Paul Horwitz

The Worst Campus Buzzword
April 29, 2008
Minding the Campus, John Leo

Yale Student's Art Project Stirs Debate Over the Limits of Academic Freedom
April 21, 2008 By Robin Wilson - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Core of the Issue
April 18, 2008
ACTA's Must-Reads

Another Emily Brooker?
April 11, 2008
FIRE, The Torch, Adam Kissel

Scholars Online
April 10, 2008
Joanne Jacobs

Affirmative Action But One Goal of 'Transformative Education' Brainwashing
April 09, 2008
Phi Beta Cons, Candace de Russy

College Mind Police Live to Brainwash Another Day
April 09, 2008
Pajamas Media, Candace de Russy

NAS and FIRE Draw Fire
March 31, 2008
Minding the Campus, John Leo

Foreign Funny Money Flooding America's Universities
March 31, 2008
Michelle Malkin blog

U.S. Colleges and Foreign Money
March 31, 2008
NRO Corner, Stanley Kurtz.

Do Your Homework
March 29, 2008
Critical Mass, Erin O'Connor

National Organizations Keep Hitting U Delaware Indoctrination Program
March 28, 2008
FIRE, The Torch, posted by Adam Kissel

NAS Rides Sentry
March 28, 2008
NRO Phi Beta Cons, Candace de Russy

Thought Control - From the Classroom to the Dorm Room
March 25, 2008
Lamplighter blog

Academic 'Antagonymics'
March 20, 2008
Righty Blogs, Candace de Russy

Change at the AAUP?
March 20, 2008
Minding the Campus, Anthony Paletta

Unfriendly Visitors
March 15, 2008 - World Magazine
Schools of social work demand a conformity that lasts beyond graduation. Read more...

Schools of Social Work
March 10, 2008
Philo of Alexandria blog

More Delawares?
December 06, 2007
Minding the Campus, John Leo