How to Manage Race Relations and Succeed
May 17, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |
Is there an alternative to affirmative action? Jonathan Bean thinks so.
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Spring 2013 Academic Questions Issue is Out
May 02, 2013 by Ashley Thorne |
The first issue of NAS's quarterly journal's 2013 volume focuses on the Common Core, civics education, racial preferences, and important new books in higher education.
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Videos from A Mighty Maze, Session 2
Apr 18, 2013 by Crystal Plum |
Videos of the Peter Shaw Memorial Award and Session 2 panel speakers at the NAS 2013 conference: The Battle over Racial Prefrences.
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Both Wrong and Bad
Apr 17, 2013 by Carl Cohen |
In a review essay, Cohen says Russell Nieli's Wounds That Will Not Heal "contends that the products of race preference, or affirmative action, are bad—very, very bad."
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The Implausible “Stereotype Threat” Excuse
Mar 28, 2013 by George Leef |
Defenders of affirmative action must work hard to explain away a serious problem: the tendency for the students admitted due to preferences to do relatively poorly in their coursework.
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Newsflash: Straight White Male Professionals Alienated on College Campuses
Mar 24, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |
An academic administrator broaches a taboo subject.
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Whither Fisher?
Mar 12, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |
Idle speculations on the Supreme Court's probable ruling in a major affirmative action case.
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The “Affirmative Action” Colleges Really Need
Jan 28, 2013 by George Leef |
Robert Weissberg writes for the Pope Center on how students can encourage good teaching and discourage bad teaching through operant conditioning.
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Race and Faculty Hiring
Jan 18, 2013 by Nevin Montgomery |
As the Supreme Court considers the Fisher case, a law professor decribes the hidden aspects of race-based faculty hiring.
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Damage Done by Diversity at Navy
Jan 09, 2013 by George Leef |
The US Naval Academy embraces diversity.
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Two Books I’d Love to See the Justices Reading
Nov 28, 2012 by George Leef |
Wounds That Will Not Heal and Mismatch take a wrecking ball to the foolish notion that "affirmative action" is a benign policy.
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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Derails Dr. King’s Dream
Nov 26, 2012 by Larry Purdy |
The repeal of Michigan's affirmative action ban shows inconsistency with the history of the civil rights movement.
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Reactions to Court Decision Overturning Michigan Affirmative Action Ban
Nov 19, 2012 by NAS |
Scholars offer preliminary thoughts on the Sixth Circuit Appeals Court ruling overturning a voter approved ban on affirmative action policies.
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New Study of “Holistic” Admissions at UCLA Generates Controversy
Nov 05, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
A new study by a UCLA law professor reveals the extent to which race influences the school's undergraduate admissions policies.
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Jennifer Gratz Reflects on the Battle Over Racial Preferences
Oct 17, 2012 by George Leef |
The successful plaintiff in the case against the University of Michigan's undergraduate racial preferences writes about the recently argued Fisher case before the Supreme Court.
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