Recent Articles

A Response to ‘Sikh Coalition’ Campaign Against American Birthright

An organization called the Sikh Coalition appears to be organizing emails to various supporters of American Birthright: The Civics Alliance’s Model K-12 Social Studies Standards,......

Mopping Up the DEI Mess

Ridding higher education of DEI practices is proving to be slow-going, but reform is still possible.

NAS Welcomes Salutary Cuts to Education Department

The National Association of Scholars welcomes the Trump administration’s plan to reduce the size of the United States Education Department staff by approximately 50%. Federal bureaucrats ha......

Defund and Deport, But Eliminating Campus Anti-Semitism Means Going After Professors

Higher education is so replete with anti-Semitism as a norm in elite schools that eliminating the scourge of Jew-hate will require broad changes to one of higher education’s central feature......

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

As It Was Then, So It Is Now—Too Late for Conciliation

On March 22, 1775, Edmund Burke delivered one of his great Parliamentary orations on Conciliation with America. Britain and America were rushing to war, and Burke pulled out the stops to make an extra......

Free College Athletes

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Law & Liberty on March 21, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. College athleti......

Reports

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......

Shadows of Influence

Foreign funding of American universities remains an open secret. This report details the underreporting of foreign gifts to universities by analyzing a complementary database compiled using public rec......

CounterCurrent


March 18, 2025

Mopping Up the DEI Mess

Ridding higher education of DEI practices is proving to be slow-going, but reform is still possible....

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March 11, 2025

Defund and Deport, But Eliminating Campus Anti-Semitism Means Going After Professors

Higher education is so replete with anti-Semitism as a norm in elite schools that eliminating the scourge of Jew-hate will require broad changes to one of higher education’s centr......

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March 4, 2025

A New Sheriff in Town: On Rolling Back Racial-Preferences in Higher Ed

The Trump administration and Department of Education clarify anti-DEI directives for academia....

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Statements

NAS Welcomes Salutary Cuts to Education Department

The National Association of Scholars welcomes the Trump administration’s plan to reduce the size of the United States Education Department staff by approximately 50%. Federal bureaucrats ha......

NAS Applauds the American Bar Association's Suspension of DEI Rules

The American Bar Association must now move beyond suspending the enforcement of its misbegotten rules to the elimination of the rules themselves.

Press Releases

Press Release: NAS Supports the DETERRENT Act as a Necessary Action to Combat Foreign Influence in Higher Education

The DETERRENT Act is a necessary step in curtailing the influence of countries that are antithetical to American values.

Press Release: Trump's Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon is Just What America Needs

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held its confirmation hearing last week with President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Education Linda......

Events

Event: Humility, The Scientific Method, and Climate Change

Join the National Association of Scholars for a lecture by Francis Menton as part of our Future of Freedom Lecture Series.

Event: Waste Land—The Education Department’s Profligacy, Mediocrity, and Radicalism

Join the National Association of Scholars for the launch of our new report, exposing the Education Department and detailing a path forward.