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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What if the Best College for You is UnCollege?
Apr 24, 2013 by George Leef |
Dale Stephens answers ten questions about his new book Hacking Your Education.
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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 Schools of “Becoming Right”
Feb 01, 2013 by Robert VerBruggen |
VerBruggen reveals the identities of the "Eastern Elite" and "Western Flagship" referred to in the new book Becoming Right.
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Greg Lukianoff’s Terrific New Book
Oct 24, 2012 by George Leef |
George Leef reviews Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate.
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The Wacky World of Victim Studies
Sep 19, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Bruce Bawer's new book, The Victims' Revolution is an indispensable guide to the "identity studies" side of contemporary scholarship and academic programs.
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My Review of Bawer’s The Victim’s Revolution
Sep 19, 2012 by George Leef |
Bawer has written a terrific exposé of the pseudo-academic fad of "identity studies" courses and programs.
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Exam Schools: Choice, Quality, and the Right Fit
Sep 17, 2012 by Peter Cohee |
Chester Finn and Jessica Hockett's new book on exam schools surveys selective high schools and their effectiveness.
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Elite Colleges and the Coming Apart of America
Sep 12, 2012 by George Leef |
Charles Murray's new book argues that our elite colleges and universities are partially responsible for what he sees as America's unraveling. Is this true?
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Duke Cheston Reviews Sex and God at Yale
Aug 29, 2012 by George Leef |
Reviewer Duke Cheston finds the new book Sex and God at Yale effective in exposing the degradation of Yale.
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Nothing Comes From Nothing, Period
Aug 23, 2012 by Carol Iannone |
It sometimes happens that when writers stare into nihilism, they try to find something there.
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The Trouble with Multiculturalism
Jul 06, 2012 by Clifford D. May |
A new book by Salim Mansur, born an Indian Muslim, argues that multiculturalism propagates the false notion that all cultures are equally good.
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How the West Was Won
Jun 04, 2012 by Steve Balch |
Steve Balch reviews two new books on Western civilization, finding one world-weary and the other more constructive.
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Under Eastern Eyes
May 14, 2012 by Steve Balch |
This review of Ibn Warraq's new book Why the West Is Best, which makes a case for the greatness of Western values, appears in the summer 2012 issue of Academic Questions (volume 25, number 2).
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Stopping the Rot
Apr 04, 2012 by Victor Stepien |
Australia's leading intellectual journal published this review of the anthology The Politically Correct University, which includes chapters by NAS leaders Peter Wood and Steve Balch.
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