A letter from a disgruntled alumnus to Dean Mark B. Taubman, who has chosen to remove Nobel Laureate George Whipple's name from the school's laboratories amid claims of racism.
August 4, 2020 Taking the Fight to Higher Ed LeadershipHigher ed administrators frequently do nothing to prevent, or even actively participate in, a faculty member’s cancelation. NAS will not simply stand by and watch the carnage unfold.
August 3, 2020 The Case of Tomáš Hudlický—Where now?Professor Hudlický responds to the Orwellian retaliation he received after questioning diversity hiring in a peer-reviewed paper.
August 3, 2020 A Canceled Music Theorist RespondsWhat does "systemic racism" have to do with music theory? Some claim that they are deeply intertwined. Dr. Timothy Jackson argued against this view and was promptly canceled.
Military disasters such as Pearl Harbor often warrant official investigations. But another one is sure to come. Decades from now, an official inquiry will look into how American universities collapsed...
July 30, 2020 Biden ‘Racial Equity Plan’ Would Enrich Wealthy Lawyers at Employers’ ExpenseJoe Biden released his “racial equity plan” on Tuesday. Some of it deals with racial issues, like a major expansion of affirmative action and lots of race-related government spending. But it also c...
The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted enormous financial damage on colleges and universities and the cost is still growing. American higher education will undergo an unprecedented financial crisis in...
January 11, 2020 The Lost History of Western CivilizationThe Lost History of Western Civilization is a wide-ranging consideration of the academy’s role in producing America’s contemporary political and cultural divisions. The report traces the w...
November 29, 2019 Social Justice Education in AmericaSocial Justice Education in America is a comprehensive examination of the inner workings of social justice advocates at more than 60 universities and how they have insinuated themselves into...
September 19, 2019 Beach Books 2018-2019Hundreds of American colleges and universities assign a summer reading to entering freshmen—usually one book, which is often un-academic and politically progressive. This year, Beach Books finds...
July 29, 2020
Why is groupthink bad for the academy? To answer this question we are joined by Lee Jussim, a professor of social psychology at Rutgers University and author of the popular Psychology Today blog, Rabb...
June 25, 2020
In this webinar, our panelists explore the lessons we can learn from the success of progressive philanthropy in higher education.
August 4, 2020
Higher ed administrators frequently do nothing to prevent, or even actively participate in, a faculty member’s cancelation. NAS will not simply stand by and watch the carnage...
July 28, 2020
The National Association of Scholars condemns this insidious, unjust “strategic plan” and calls on UT Austin leadership to retract it immediately....
July 21, 2020
Proposition 209 helps the very groups it was accused of hurting, a fact now proven by over twenty years of data. Merit, not state-sanctioned racial discimination, promotes equity....
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has introduced the Saving American History Act of 2020, a bill that would reduce federal funding to public schools that teach The 1619 Project.
July 2, 2020 NAS Commends the Department of Education for New Foreign Gift Disclosure GuidanceThe Department of Education has taken important steps within the bounds of existing federal law, and we applaud the Department of Education for these important updates to foreign gift disclosures.
The grant, part of the $40.3 million allocated to the NEH as part of the CARES Act, will enable NAS to survey four of the most popular history books used to teach America’s children and create a...
June 4, 2020 The Tyranny of PronounsCan university officials force their professors to call students by their preferred titles and pronouns?
How and why have universities failed to produce civic-minded graduates? Join our webinar this Thursday, July 23 at 2 pm Eastern Standard Time to learn more.
June 22, 2020 Webinar: Progressive Philanthropy in Higher EducationJoin the National Association of Scholars on June 25th at 2 pm Eastern to discuss the lessons we can learn from progressive philanthropy.
