Recent Articles

Event: Archimedes Standards

Join us for the launch event of the National Association of Scholars and Freedom in Education's new Model PreK-12 State Mathematics Standards.

It’s Not Just a Bill. It’s a Big, Beautiful Bill

The recent legislation out of the House could reshape higher education financial aid programs, endowments, and more.

The Week in Science: May 22, 2025

In this episode, we look at some interesting proposals for private philanthropy to fill the gap as government scales back its research funding. We also examine an ongoing concern over whether federal......

NAS Endorses "Restoring Gold Standard Science" Executive Order

This Executive Order declares the federal government’s intention of requiring that all federal agencies use science that is reproducible, transparent, and generally characterized by procedu......

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

WATCH: Credentialism's Toll on American Prosperity

In this first episode of our new podcast, VAS News Chat, I join Teresa Manning, Policy Director at the National Association of Scholars and President of its Virginia affiliate, for a deep dive into my......

NU Student’s Graduation Project Mocks Catholic Mass With Drag Performance

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on May 30, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission.......

Reports

Ideological Insistence

This report chronicles and quantifies the persistent commitment to "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) in higher education hiring practices. Ideological Insistence quantifies the pre......

Waste Land

This report sheds a new light on the history of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), its abuses of policy, and recommendations for a path forward. The report's evidence, and the long-term politi......

Instagram the Intifada

This report maps the organization, leadership, and affiliations of America's largest pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas student organizations—Students for Justice in Palestine. 

Shifting Sands: Report IV

Shifting Sands: Zombie Psychology examines the science underlying implicit bias theory. The report finds that many researchers and legislators believe policies based on this theory are harmful. M......

CounterCurrent


May 27, 2025

It’s Not Just a Bill. It’s a Big, Beautiful Bill

The recent legislation out of the House could reshape higher education financial aid programs, endowments, and more....

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May 20, 2025

How Female is Campus Anti-Semitism?

The anecdotal evidence is starting to pile up while academia’s thesis that white men are source of evil continues to crumble....

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May 6, 2025

New Trump Executive Actions: Seeking Transparency and Tearing Down Walls

The deluge of Executive Orders out of the Trump White House provide the first steps in latest reform efforts of academia....

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Statements

NAS Endorses "Restoring Gold Standard Science" Executive Order

This Executive Order declares the federal government’s intention of requiring that all federal agencies use science that is reproducible, transparent, and generally characterized by procedu......

Trump Administration Ends Federal Disparate-Impact Theory Use

All Americans should know how important it is to eliminate disparate action from government policy, and how great a blow the Trump administration has struck to the enemies of liberty.

Press Releases

Scholars Expose Compelled Speech in the Colleges and Universities

This latest report chronicles and quantifies the persistent commitment to "diversity, equity, and inclusion" by colleges and universities in their hiring practices—popularized......

Scholars Urge Senate to Pass DETERRENT Act

We are thankful to the House for its passage of the DETERRENT Act and strongly urge the Senate to take up and act on this critical legislation.

Events

Event: Archimedes Standards

Join us for the launch event of the National Association of Scholars and Freedom in Education's new Model PreK-12 State Mathematics Standards.

Event: Ideological Insistence: Diversity Statements and the Challenge to Academic Freedom

Join us for a discussion at our New York City office on our new report Ideological Insistence and to hear from a panel of experts.