ReportsNAS "UpDate" Newletter gives the latest information on NAS projects and tells of affiliate activities. Published periodically, it contains names and addresses of presidents of our local chapters, and presents many of the policy documents and position statements of the National Association of Scholars. Presented HERE are recent online issues of NAS "UpDate" as PDF files.
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NAS "UpDate" Newsletter
NAS "UpDate" Newletter gives the latest information on NAS projects and tells of affiliate activities. Published periodically, it contains names and addresses of presidents of our local chapters, and presents many of the policy documents and position statements of the National Association of Scholars. Presented HERE are recent online issues of NAS "UpDate" as PDF files.
Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Appendix
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Conclusion
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Epilogue
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 10
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 9
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 8
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 7
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 6
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 5
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 4
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 3
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 2
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Chapter 1
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Preface
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Getting Under the Skin of "Diversity": Title Page
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Words to Live By: How Diversity Trumps Freedom on Academic Web Sites
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A 2006 study of university websites released by the National Association of Scholars reveals, among other things, that references to diversity exceed those to traditional American ideals like freedom, democracy, and liberty.
The Politicization of the Pennsylvania Public University System
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Report on Testimony before a Select Committee of
the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Affirmative Action at Three Universities
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This analysis by the Virginia Association of Scholars of fall 2003 data from UVa, NC State, and William and Mary Law School plots the extent of minority-group preference in admissions.
The Changing Shape of the River:
Affirmative Action and Recent Social Science Research
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By Russell Nieli,
Princeton University,
Politics Department
Ethics, Enron, and American Higher Education: An NAS/Zogby Poll of College Seniors
What Do College Graduates Know?
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From the Arizona Association of Scholars,
Prepared by Michael K. Block,
Professor of Economics and Law,
University of Arizona,
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Robert J. Franciosi
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Melissa Geiger
Race and Higher Education
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Why Justice Powell's Diversity Rationale For Racial Preferences in Higher Education Must Be Rejected, by THOMAS E. WOOD,
Executive Director,
California Association of Scholars
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MALCOLM J. SHERMAN,
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics,
State University of New York at Albany
Losing the Big Picture: The Fragmentation of the English Major since 1964
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"Losing the Big Picture" uses data from 1964-1965, 1989-1990, and 1997-1998 academic catalogs of twenty-five selective liberal arts colleges to show that undergraduate English majors no longer even try to provide their students with a serious overview of the Anglo-American literary tradition, or a systematic exposure to its greatest writers and works.
The Dissolution of General Education: 1914-1993
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For the greater part of the twentieth century, America's leading colleges and universities were strongly committed to providing undergraduates with a broad and rigorous exposure to major areas of knowledge. During the last thirty years this commitment largely vanished, according to a detailed study of fifty prestigious institutions.