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Academic Questions Fall 2018

In this issue of AQ, we examine the disintegration of universal ideas and their cultural support.

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Beach Books: 2017-2018

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The Irreproducibility Crisis of Modern Science: Causes, Consequences, and the Road to Reform

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Harvard’s Discrimination Isn’t ‘Likeable’

Oct 22, 2018 by David Randall |

Racial preferences are unpopular. Who would have thought?

Registration is Open for “Disgrace: Shame, Punishment, and Redemption”

Oct 22, 2018 by NAS |

Join NAS January 11 and 12 in Orange, California as we discuss disgrace in higher education.

On Point with Peter Wood

Oct 19, 2018 by NAS |

On Wednesday, NAS President Peter Wood spoke to NPR’s On Point’s Meghna Chakrabarti about the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

Hamilton: An American Musical - Its National Influence as Art

Oct 17, 2018 by William H. Young |

William Young finds much to praise in the hit musical.

Put an End to Partisan Courses at Public Universities

Oct 12, 2018 by David Randall, Peter Wood |

Universities shouldn't pay students to engage in political activism.

Hannah Arendt, Between Future and Past

Oct 05, 2018 by Edward R. Dougherty |

Hannah Arendt envisioned the collapse of Western civilization. Are we living through it? How near to truth was her prediction?

Identity Politics

Oct 04, 2018 by NAS |

The Fall 2018 issue of Academic Questions at a glance.

Can We Talk? Life under Frankfurt Rules

Oct 04, 2018 by Elizabeth Corey, J. Scott Kenney, Robert L. Paquette |

J. Scott Kenney finds himself marginalized by the current brand of social justice intolerance. Robert Paquette and Elizabeth Corey provide a different take on Marcuse and the origins of the current malaise.