Butterflies and Apes
May 14, 2013 by Peter Wood |
Two adventurous scholars of the 19th century, one of gorillas, one of butterflies, are examples of a nearly extinct thirst for knowledge and discovery as a personal undertaking.
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New Poetry by NAS Member
May 07, 2013 by |
NAS member David J. Rothman's two new volumes of poetry "move from darkness towards light."
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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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Making College Right
Jan 23, 2013 |
PRESS RELEASE: The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has published a new book proposing remedies to key problems in American higher education.
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Ranking Colleges
Jan 23, 2013 by William Casement |
This chapter is an excerpt from William Casement's new book Making College Right, published by the National Association of Scholars.
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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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Elvis vs. Julia: A Lesson from the Liberal Arts
Jul 17, 2012 by David Clemens |
We would desire a free life all the more if we really grasped what the liberal arts has to teach.
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On the 25th Anniversary of the Publication of Closing of the American Mind
Jul 05, 2012 by George Leef |
Jay Schalin offers his thoughts on Allan Bloom's book.
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What Are Kids Reading?
Apr 09, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS board member Sandra Stotsky writes about the low levels of reading in our schools today.
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Room on the Bookshelf for Contemporary Tragedy
Apr 03, 2012 by Ashley Chandler |
Ashley Chandler appreciates the book The Hunger Games for what it offers contemporary readers and suggests it has a legitimate place alongside more "classic" literature.
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Not Hungry
Mar 28, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
The bestselling pulp fiction book The Hunger Games fails to give Ashley Thorne an appetite for more.
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MLA Panelists Analyze Beach Books
Jan 19, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
At this year's MLA convention, academics considered the role common reading assignments have to play in the education of college students.
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It’s Not the Test’s Fault
Dec 27, 2011 by Kate Hamilton |
Should academe leave the SAT behind? Kate Hamilton examines the current state of the test-optional admissions movement.
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Oz Revisited
Dec 19, 2011 by Peter Wood |
A new book by the author of Wicked channels the contemporary academic unrelenting focus on race, gender, class, colonialism, and sustainability.
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Virtue and Western Civilization
Dec 15, 2011 by William H. Young |
William Young discusses the decline of virtue, once integral to the educational process in the Western tradition.
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