NAS In The News

Universities Abandon Western Civilization
January 23, 2012 By Tait Trussell - FrontPage Magazine

The College Racket
January 19, 2012 By Linda Chavez - New York Post

Common Reading, Common Ground
January 11, 2012 By Serena Golden - Inside Higher Ed

Study to Track Intellectual Diversity at College
October 14, 2011 By Sam Frizell - Bowdoin Orient

New Round on Affirmative Action
September 12, 2011 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

Defend Western Civilization
August 17, 2011 By Jim Lacey - National Review Online

More Support for Whistleblowing UCLA Professor; Enstrom Case Becomes Class Assignment
August 16, 2011 By Adam Kissel - FIRE, The Torch

Spencer: Widener Law School Faces Objections
August 12, 2011 By Gil Spencer - Delaware County Daily Times

Warnings for Prospective Law Students at Widener and for College Parents Nationwide
August 12, 2011 By Joanna Brenner - FIRE, The Torch

White Privilege: Should It Be Noted?
August 07, 2011 By Joe Dejka - Omaha World-Herald

The Left-Leaning Tower
July 22, 2011 By John Tierney - New York Times

Middle East Studies in Upheaval
July 05, 2011 By Daniel Pipes - National Review Online

ISU Faculty Chairman speaks to AAUP
June 12, 2011

Why is Academic Freedom Important?
June 10, 2011 By David J. Hacker - SpeakUpMovement.org

Complaints Greet AAUP Report on How to Handle Objections to Controversial Scholars
June 08, 2011 By Peter Schmidt - Chronicle of Higher Education

Debate wrap-up: Will a push to increase college enrollment lead to lower standards?
June 03, 2011 By Michael Caputo - MPR News

This Week in the News: OCR Letter Generates Still More Coverage
June 03, 2011 By Jordan Fischetti - FIRE, The Torch

Witnesses Assess Value to the Taxpayer of Spending on Social Sciences
June 02, 2011

It's education, but 'higher' might be an exaggeration
June 02, 2011 By Mona Charen - Washington Examiner

It's All Over for Traditional History in US Universities
May 20, 2011 By Stephen Matchett - The Australian

Decline of 'Western Civ'?
May 19, 2011 By Kevin Kiley - Inside Higher Ed

'Western Civ' Courses Have Declined Since 1964, Report Says
May 18, 2011 By The Ticker - Chronicle of Higher Education

What Does 'Relationship Training' Look Like?
May 17, 2011 By Robby Soave - Student Free Press Association

YouTube U
May 12, 2011 By Ed Driscoll - Instapundit

Vietnam War: Guide to the Perplexed
May 09, 2011 By Bruce Kesler - Maggie's Farm

Universities Defend Books Accused of Fraud
April 28, 2011 By Robby Soave - Student Free Press Association

Earth Day Critique and Celebration
April 22, 2011 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

The Sustainable Development Hoax
April 22, 2011 By S. Fred Singer - American Thinker

Well, Shut My Mouth!
April 19, 2011 By Kyle Daly - Charlottesville News & Arts

'Tea' Author in Hot Water
April 19, 2011 By Kevin Kiley - Inside Higher Ed

Sour Grapes
April 18, 2011 By Nicole Russell - The American Spectator

The Cynthia Eller Brickbat
April 16, 2011 By Jason Pitzl-Waters - The Wild Hunt

Paper Chase: MSU, ConAgra Team for 'Popcorn Course'
April 14, 2011 By Kim Kozlowski - Detroit News

Conservative Widener Law Professor Sues Dean for Defamation
April 11, 2011 By Dan Filler - The Faculty Lounge

Is Our Civilization a Bubble? Part II
April 11, 2011 By Steve Balch - Pajamas Media

Academic Freedom Update: Widener Law Prof Sues Dean
April 08, 2011 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit

Widener Law Professor Sues Dean for Defamation
April 08, 2011 By Orin Kerr - The Volokh Conspiracy

Law Prof Sues Dean for Defamation
April 08, 2011 By Paul L. Caron - TaxProf Blog

Is Our Civilization a Bubble? Part I
April 07, 2011 By Steve Balch - Pajamas Media

What Students Learn and Don't Learn
April 05, 2011 By Phyllis Schlafly - Townhall.com

Concerns about the Funding of a Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron College, University of Western Ontario
April 05, 2011 By John P. Palmer - EclectEcon

Whose Email Is It Anyway?
April 05, 2011 By Peter Wood and Peter Lake - Chronicle of Higher Education

(Liberal) Academic Self-Selection
March 21, 2011 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

Faculty Panel Wants College to Drop Charges Against Law Prof
March 11, 2011 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

The Connell Affidavit
March 10, 2011 By Orin Kerr - The Volokh Conspiracy

Update in the Case of the Criminal Law Professor Who May Be Fired For His Classroom Hypotheticals
March 10, 2011 By Orin Kerr - The Volokh Conspiracy

Academic Freedom Update: Widener Committee Advises: Withdraw Charges Against Law Prof Who Used Hypotheticals to Teach
March 10, 2011 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit.com

The Law Professor Versus the Thin-Skinned Feminist
February 25, 2011 By Charlotte Allen - Minding the Campus

Jawohl Mein Professor
February 25, 2011 By Bruce Kesler - The New Criterion

Interview With Tenured Law Prof Fighting For His Job After Using Dean in Hypos
February 21, 2011 By Paul L. Caron - TaxProf Blog

Widener Law School Update: An Interview with Professor Lawrence Connell
February 19, 2011 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit.com

Interview With Lawrence Connell, the Criminal Law Professor Suspended for His Hypotheticals
February 18, 2011 By Orin Kerr - The Volokh Conspiracy

When the Professor is Controversial
February 18, 2011 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

The National Review Slams the For-Profit College Industry
February 15, 2011 By Angus Johnston - Student Activism

Higher Education Bubble Update
February 15, 2011 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit.com

It Don't Take No Ed.D.
February 15, 2011 By James Joyner - Outside the Beltway

Frances Fox Piven Speaks
February 14, 2011 By Stanley Kurtz - The Corner, National Review Online

Peter Wood on the Radicalization of the College Campus
February 13, 2011 By Chris Buchignani - Inside Academia

Ward Counseling Case Moves to Higher Court
February 13, 2011 By Katrease Stafford - The Eastern Echo

"But what about Beck? Are his comments about Piven fairly characterized as having crossed some line into dangerous irresponsibility?"
February 11, 2011 By Ann Althouse - Althouse

Peter Wood Writes About the Beck-Piven Controversy
February 11, 2011 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit.com

How's Your Fatwa?
February 11, 2011 By Erin O'Connor - Critical Mass

The Evolution of Community Colleges
February 06, 2011 By Rebeca Renata - eHow

"Hate Studies"
February 03, 2011 By Michael Potts - Gratiaetnatura

Chiasmus in Literature
February 01, 2011 By Ardel Caneday - Biblia Theologica

'Eat Mor Chikin' or Not?
February 01, 2011 By Bobby Ross Jr. - Get Religion

Brooklyn College Teacher Fired Before He Started
January 31, 2011 By Matthew K. Tabor - Education Debate at Online Schools

Brooklyn College Reverses Its Error
January 31, 2011 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom

Stanley Rothman, Scholar of Government
January 31, 2011

University of Kentucky Settles Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
January 21, 2011 By Sheryl Young - Yahoo News

U. of Kentucky Pays Researcher $125,000 to Settle Religious-Discrimination Lawsuit
January 18, 2011 By Paul Basken - Chronicle of Higher Education

Examining the Value of the Beleagured For-Profit Sector
January 13, 2011 By Marsha Familaro Enright - Liberating Education

Academic Freedom and Indoctrination
January 10, 2011 By David Moshman - Huffington Post

Estimated 40% of Scientists Doubt Manmade Global Warming
January 10, 2011 By Matthew Taylor - Foster Friess

Kirstein Review of Cary Nelson, No University is an Island
January 07, 2011 By Peter N. Kirstein - Peter N. Kirstein

Institute Noted in Chronicle of Higher Education Article
January 06, 2011 By Alan Caruba - The Boring Institute

"Is Academic Freedom a License to Indoctrinate?"
January 03, 2011 By Gregory S. Baylor - SpeakUpMovement.org

Self-Restraint
December 26, 2010 By David Kaiser - History Unfolding

Penn State Covers Its Indoctrinators
December 24, 2010 By Gary Fouse - fousesquawk

We're All Conservatives Now
December 20, 2010 By Stanley Fish - New York Times Opinionator

Respect for Fundamental Freedoms Inspires U.S. Philanthropy at Its Best
December 17, 2010 By Glenn Lammi - The Legal Pulse

Rewriting Integrity
December 16, 2010 By Erin O'Connor - Critical Mass

Penn State's Retreat from Academic Freedom
December 16, 2010

AAUP Endorses Classroom Indoctrination
December 16, 2010 By Donald Douglas - American Power

At PENN STATE, Freedom to Indoctrinate?
December 15, 2010 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit.com

What is Academic Freedom?
December 15, 2010 By Paul A. Rahe - Ricochet

Peter Wood on 'Affirmative Action Bake Sales"
December 08, 2010

More Controversy at Wesleyan
December 08, 2010 By John Leo - Minding the Campus

University: Dump Christian Beliefs on Homosexuality, or Else
December 06, 2010 By Drew Zahn - World Net Daily

Whose Money Is It Anyway?
December 06, 2010 By Jeff Cain - Philanthropy Daily

All the Rage on Campus
December 04, 2010 By Jane S. Shaw - The Percolator

FIRE Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief with Eleventh Circuit in Augusta State University Case
December 02, 2010 By Will Creeley - FIRE

Exposing Bias in Freshman Reading Programs
December 02, 2010 By Brittney Morrett - Campus Reform

Scholasticism: The Focus on Method
December 02, 2010 By Russ White - Thinking in Christ

Rigoberta's Revenge: The Implosion of Anthropology
December 01, 2010 By John Rosenberg - Minding the Campus

Hold the Science, Says Anthropology Society
November 30, 2010 By Ewen Callaway - Nature.com

"Bake Sales" Still Cooking On Campus
November 26, 2010 By John Rosenberg - Minding the Campus

The Past is Never Dead
November 26, 2010 By Dirk Johnson - Newsweek

LSU Wants Us All to Disappear. Don't.
November 23, 2010

The Bradley Schaefer Affair, Part Three And A Twitter Brawl
November 22, 2010 By Scott McKay - The Hayride

Wesleyan "Affirmative Action" Bake Sale
November 18, 2010 By La Shawn Barber - American Civil Rights Institute

With Little Cash, Political Novice Jim Summerville Beat Odds
November 10, 2010 By Nate Rau - The Tennessean

Click Here for Degree
November 10, 2010 By Jason Fertig - Phi Beta Cons

Diversity Questions for Applicants Like Me
November 06, 2010 By The Barrister - Maggie's Farm

Potential Bias at UI College of Law
November 02, 2010 By Don Racheter - Daily Iowan

Open Dialogue, Good Decisions
October 29, 2010 By Terrence F. Flower - St. Paul Pioneer Press

Anxious About Tuesday
October 29, 2010 By Allie Grasgreen - Inside Higher Ed

In the Obama Archives
October 26, 2010 By Stanley Kurtz - The Corner, National Review Online

Why Students Don't Write Research Papers in High School
October 25, 2010 By Catherine Gewertz - Education Week

The REAL Reason High School Students Don't Write Research Papers
October 19, 2010 By Richard J. Bishirjian - The Yorktown Patriot

Writing off
October 15, 2010

Hamilton College Requires "Rape Culture" Shaming Session for Men UPDATED
October 12, 2010 By J.P. Freire - Washington Examiner

Gary Rose's Book Included in National Association of Scholars' List of Recommended College Reading
October 12, 2010

Media Exec to Head N.J.’s Civil Rights Committee
October 11, 2010 By Michael Symons - Asbury Park Press

Sustainability as College Fad
October 05, 2010 By Frederick E. Allen - Forbes

From Diversity to Sustainability: How Campus Ideology Is Born
October 03, 2010 By Peter Wood - Chronicle of Higher Education

You Don't Have to Go to College
October 03, 2010 By Madeline Paumen - Washington Square News

A Hidebound Reading List for Freshmen
October 02, 2010 By Katherine Kersten - Star Tribune

Scholarly Work, Without All the Footnotes
October 02, 2010 By Arthur S. Brisbane - New York Times

Top 10 Books for College Students
October 01, 2010 By Jessie - Edu in Review News Blog

Attendance Not Logged at 'Required' Hamilton College 'Rape Culture' Event, but Fundamental Freedoms Still at Risk
October 01, 2010 By Jordan Fischetti - FIRE

Common Reading is an Intellectual Undertaking, Not Political
September 29, 2010 By Christa Acuna - TCU Daily Skiff

Proposition 107 Would Ban Preferential Hiring Treatment
September 29, 2010 By Dianna M. Náñez - The Arizona Republic

Best Books for College Students: National Association of Scholars List
September 27, 2010 By Danielle Wiener-Bronner - Huffington Post

Summer Reading (Colleges Hope)
September 25, 2010 By Joanne Jacobs

Report Criticizes Freshmen Reading Programs
September 24, 2010 By Caitlin Swieca - The Maneater

Can Summer Reading Save the Planet?
September 23, 2010 By Jenna Ashley Robinson - Clarion Call

Upcoming Andrew McCarthy Lecture
September 22, 2010 By NR Staff - The Corner, National Review Online

Alternatives Suggested for Common Reading Groups
September 20, 2010 By Inside Higher Ed

A Scholarly Reading List
September 18, 2010 By Chris Brady - Targuman

iBooks Love: Free E-Books Worth Reading
September 18, 2010 By Erica Sadun - TUAW

Alternative Reading at Biased Colleges
September 17, 2010 By Devin Foley - Intellectual Takeout

Better Books for Next Year's Beaches
September 17, 2010 By Scott Johnson - Power Line

Do Students Listen to Others' Views?
September 17, 2010 By Allie Grasgreen - Inside Higher Ed

The College Bubble Just Keeps Floating Around
September 16, 2010 By Jonathan Robe - Center for College Affordability and Productivity

More Thoughts on the Higher-Ed Bubble
September 15, 2010 By David French - Phi Beta Cons

Higher Ed’s “Precarious Hold on Consumer Confidence”
September 14, 2010 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

Peter Wood: The Bubble: Higher Education's Precarious Hold on Consumer Confidence
September 14, 2010 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit.com

The Biggest Scam of All
September 13, 2010 By Bob Ruplenas - Weymouth News

Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Tables Pursuit of Grant
September 08, 2010 By Neil A. Sheehan - Delaware County Daily Times

Consider the Classics When Seeking a Good Education
September 04, 2010 By William M. Freebern - Times Union

Reforming Our Universities
September 03, 2010 By FrontPage Magazine

Biased Book: An Oxymoron?
September 02, 2010 By Ibram Rogers - Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Another Common Book Controversy-This Time at Brooklyn College
September 01, 2010 By Gary Fouse - fousesquawk

Alum Calls Off Planned Bequest Over Reading Assignment
September 01, 2010 By Inside Higher Ed

NAS Denounces Liberal Books, Again
August 31, 2010 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom

New York Daily News Reports On Brooklyn College Indoctrination (UPDATE)
August 31, 2010 By Bruce Kesler - Maggie's Farm

Brooklyn College Defends Controversial Book Choice
August 31, 2010 By Jaya Saxena - Gothamist

National Association of Scholars Honors Marshall Center as an "Excellent Program"
August 26, 2010

Inside Higher Education…Suggested Books College Freshman Should Read
August 24, 2010 By Cherie Miller - Bookshare

College Bound: Turning Your Child Over to the Campus Liberals
August 24, 2010 By Brett - What on Earth?

Values a Vaccine for Poisoned Ivy
August 22, 2010 By Rebecca Hagelin - Washington Times

The Lost Art of Critical Thinking
August 20, 2010 By Debra Rae - Christian Coalition of Washington

Summer Reading is Lightweight and Leftist
August 19, 2010 By Phyllis Schlafly - Eagle Forum

Required Reading for College – Read ‘em and Weep
August 19, 2010 By David J. Hentosh - Thomas Jefferson Club Blog

What is the Sound of Atlas Shrugging?
August 09, 2010 By Stephen Karlson - Cold Springs Shops

Awkward Questions for Freshman Orientation
August 06, 2010 By Campus Reform

History Grant to Help Mercer, Burlco teachers
August 05, 2010 By Erin Duffy - The Times of Trenton

Appeal Heard in Case Challenging University's Consideration of Race in Admissions
August 05, 2010 By Miriam Rozen - The National Law Journal

Sounds of Silence
August 01, 2010 By Peter Wood - American Conservative

At the Beginning, Turn Left: University Summer Reading Lists Overwhelmingly Liberal
July 30, 2010 By Joe Martins - SpeakUpMovement.org

Tyranny on America's Private College Campus
July 29, 2010 By Ardel Caneday - Biblia Theologica

Is Sustainability a Virtue? How About Saving Money?
July 28, 2010 By Scott Carlson - Chronicle of Higher Education

Hamilton College Attacks Prof for Publishing Article
July 28, 2010 By Candace de Russy - Phi Beta Cons

An Episode at Hamilton, Part 2
July 27, 2010 By Mark Bauerlein - Chronicle of Higher Education, Brainstorm

When Faculty Aren't Supposed to Talk
July 22, 2010 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

An Episode at Hamilton--Paquette and Urgo, Part 1
July 20, 2010 By Mark Bauerlein - Chronicle of Higher Education, Brainstorm

Kerry Emanuel calls Climategate “the latest in a series of coordinated, politically motivated attacks that represent an aggravated assault on scholarship”
July 20, 2010 By Joe Romm - Climate Progress

Get a Job, Any Job
July 19, 2010

NAS Supports AzCRI
July 16, 2010 By Roger Clegg - Phi Beta Cons

Wanted: A Few Good Books
July 15, 2010 By Mary Boote - AgWeb

Racial Madness
July 15, 2010

National Association of Scholars Draws Attention to University of Iowa Faculty Applicant's Lawsuit Alleging Viewpoint Discrimination
July 15, 2010 By Azhar Majeed - FIRE

Unsuccessful Iowa Legal Writing Faculty Candidate Appeals Dismissal of Suit Claiming Discrimination Due to Her Conservative Views
July 13, 2010 By Paul L. Caron - TaxProf Blog

Why Is a Student Like This in College Anyway?
July 08, 2010 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

Green Grow the Children
July 08, 2010 By Malcolm Kline - Accuracy in Academia

More Revolutionary Characters Are Needed Here
July 06, 2010 By Deborah D. Thornton - Iowa Press-Citizen

More Sources Critical of Sustainability
July 05, 2010 By James Hillegas - Sustainability History Project

Summer Reading Recommendations, Volume 2
July 02, 2010 By Joseph Pearce - National Review Online

Inflating the F
July 02, 2010

Liberal Indoctrination in College
June 30, 2010

Tucker Carlson and Steve Doocy are Easily Convinced of "Liberal Bias"
June 30, 2010 By Jocelyn Fong - Media Matters

Pre-College Reading Lists: Freshman Disorientation?
June 29, 2010 By Ian Crouch - The New Yorker - Book Bench

College Required Reading Lists
June 25, 2010

Debating on Fox News Channel
June 25, 2010 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom

Left-Wing Academia Crusader Doesn’t See Anything Wrong with NAS Book Bias Study
June 25, 2010 By Nichole Hungerford - NewsReal Blog

Study Uncovers Classroom Bias
June 24, 2010 By Jon Scott - Fox News - Happening Now

Liberal Bias in Summer Reading Lists
June 24, 2010 By Chris Bounds - Liberty Juice

Study of College Summer Reading List Creates Stir
June 24, 2010 By Richard Innes - Bluegrass Policy Blog

Serving Up Liberal Gobbledygook to Incoming Freshmen
June 23, 2010 By Dan Gainor - FoxNews.com

Beach Books
June 23, 2010

Study Finds Liberal Bias in College Summer Reading Lists, Stirring Debate
June 23, 2010 By Ed Barnes - FoxNews.com

Proposition 209 Endangered
June 21, 2010 By Candace de Russy - Phi Beta Cons

K-State Asks Freshmen to Read a Book in Common
June 19, 2010 By Suzanne Perez Tobias - Wichita Eagle

Proposition 209 and California's Gubernatorial Election
June 18, 2010 By Laurie Morrow - Democracy Project

Sometimes a Book is Just a Book
June 18, 2010 By Beverly C. Lucey - The Irascible Professor

Backers of California's Preference Ban Seek a Role in Its Legal Defense
June 17, 2010

Supporters Ask to Defend Prop. 209 from Lawsuit, Fearing UC and Governor Won't
June 17, 2010 By Sharon Browne - Pacific Legal Foundation

Princeton 2010, Day 2: "People are Policy"
June 16, 2010 By Kelly M. Hanlon - Lehman American Studies Center

Summer Reading
June 16, 2010

What's Good Enough for Assigned Reading?
June 14, 2010 By Laurie - Fresh Fowlers

What Colleges Ask Students to Read
June 11, 2010

Rigor at Bard
June 10, 2010 By Charles Mitchell - ACTA's Must-Reads

Dictators, Reading Lists and Listening Skills
June 10, 2010

Colleges Want Freshmen to Read at the Beach
June 10, 2010

What Colleges Assign for Summer Reading
June 10, 2010

Reading is Fun
June 09, 2010 By Jason Pace - Aim for the Head

Global Warming Fraud?
June 09, 2010 By Joseph A. D'Agostino - Human Events

The Summer Reeducation Program
June 08, 2010 By Spencer Irvine - Accuracy in Media

The NAS Responds to Me
June 07, 2010 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom

Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments to Academic Content Standards Commission
June 07, 2010 By Valerie Gotten - California Newswire

Get Your Leftist Education All Year Round! Summer Reading Lists!
June 07, 2010 By Nicole Hungerford - NewsReal Blog

Advanced Agnotology
June 07, 2010 By Michael Bérubé - Crooked Timber

Required Reading in Science
June 04, 2010 By Chad Orzel - Uncertain Principles

What's Wrong with Huckleberry Finn?
June 04, 2010 By Lynn O'Shaughnessy - Money Watch

Does UF's Book Assignment Show a Liberal Bias?
June 04, 2010 By Nathan Crabbe - The Chalkboard

Are Colleges' Summer Reading Lists TOO Left-Leaning? Report Says Yes
June 04, 2010 By Leah Finnegan - Huffington Post

Scholars on the Beach
June 04, 2010 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom

Report Assails 'Liberal Political Agenda' of Summer Reading Programs for Freshmen
June 04, 2010 By Kelly Truong - Chronicle of Higher Education

What Freshmen Will Read
June 04, 2010 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed

Summer Reading for Freshmen--Arrggh!
June 03, 2010 By John Leo - Minding the Campus

The A+ Core
May 26, 2010 By David Azerrad - ACTA's Must-Reads

A Profile in Social Justice
May 22, 2010 By Andrée Seu - World Magazine

Race-Based Graduation Celebrations
May 21, 2010 By La Shawn Barber - American Civil Rights Institute

Mexican Revolutionaries in America
May 18, 2010 By Cliff Kincaid - Canada Free Press

More on Mann
May 13, 2010 By Jane S. Shaw - Phi Beta Cons

The GOP's Big Comeback
May 13, 2010 By James Taranto - Wall Street Journal

To Serve Mann
May 12, 2010 By Scott Johnson - Power Line

Gapology
May 10, 2010 By John Derbyshire - The Corner, National Review Online

The Politically Correct University and How to Fix It
May 03, 2010 By Robert Maranto - Minding the Campus

What Happened to the C Student
April 29, 2010 By Joanne Jacobs - Community College Spotlight

Sustainability: The Latest Indoctrination
April 26, 2010 By Katherine Kersten - Star Tribune

More Than One Way to Skin a SEWCAT
April 22, 2010 By Ken Herman - Austin American-Statesman

House Education Committee Studies Values of Western Civilization, American Traditions at Interim Committee Hearing
April 21, 2010

Sense and Sustainability
April 21, 2010 By Deborah Lambert - Accuracy in Academia

Obama Takeovers of Higher Ed Financing Could Bust Taxpayers
April 19, 2010 By Carl Horowitz - National Legal and Policy Center

Alas, the Feds Take Over Student Loans
March 26, 2010 By Richard Vedder - Minding the Campus

Jousting with Arne Duncan
March 23, 2010 By George Leef - Phi Beta Cons

Code Words
March 17, 2010 By John Leo - National Review Online

Why Direct Student Lending Doesn't Threaten Academic Freedom
March 16, 2010 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom

When Obamacare Met Obama-Ed, Part 2
March 16, 2010 By Powerline

Can Clickers Help Teach Critical Thinking? In the Humanities?
March 16, 2010 By Derek Bruff - Teaching With Classroom Response Systems

Taking Over Student Loans...Or Bust!
March 16, 2010 By Gary Larson - Intellectual Conservative

NOT-SO-HIDDEN DANGERS? Federal Direct Student Lending
March 15, 2010 By Glenn Reynolds - Instapundit.com

When Obamacare Met Obama-Ed
March 11, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

Scholars Group Decries Churchill Verdict
April 03, 2009

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

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

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

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

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