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The Activist Veto: How Identity Politics Restricts Scientific Inquiry

Scientific inquiry has suffered another blow amidst the ongoing science crisis and loss of public trust.

Scholars Comment on Proposed Updates to ED's Accreditation Handbook

NAS recommends that the Accreditation Handbook clarify the need for depoliticization in accrediting agencies, institutions seeking accreditation, and any oversight entity.

Depoliticize! The Necessary First Step for Trump’s Accreditation Reforms

Trump’s new accreditation reform effort targets a broken, politicized higher education system that leaves students poorer, less prepared, and drowning in debt.

EVENT: Two Centuries Later—the Monroe Doctrine and American National Security in the 21st Century

This discussion will center around the Monroe Doctrine and what it means for American policy two hundred years later.

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

Don’t Mistake Enrollment Gains for Renewed Confidence

The National Student Clearinghouse released its preliminary fall enrollment report in November, and while the numbers are no longer brand new, they remain worth closer attention. The report shows tota......

What the New International Enrollment Drop Really Shows

The State Department–sponsored Open Doors report shows a 17 percent decline in new international students enrolling in American graduate programs this fall. The figure is eye-catching, but it is hard......

Reports

Should Science Go to DIE

Should Science Go to DIE finds that an authoritarian, anti-scientific ideology —DEI—has captured MIT. On campus, DEI suppresses free speech, undermines scientific inquiry, and has spl......

A Ramblin' Wreck Over the Rainbow

This report surveys the history of DEI at Georgia Institute of Technology. We trace the origins of DEI’s underlying philosophy back to our nation’s adversaries who sought to antagonize rac......

Diversity Rocket Science at Caltech

This report documents the growth and operation of DEI at Caltech, as well as its rebranding over the past two years. It also highlights the awkwardness and ideologically performative nature of DEI in......

Shifting Sands: Report V

Shifting Sands: False Positives provides a policy-oriented conclusion to our Shifting Sands reports by outlining Policy Recommendations for how to address the irresponsibility crisis of science p......

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February 3, 2026

The Activist Veto: How Identity Politics Restricts Scientific Inquiry

Scientific inquiry has suffered another blow amidst the ongoing science crisis and loss of public trust....

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January 27, 2026

Losing the West

As Western civilization courses vanish from higher education, so too are history professors, to the detriment of our civilization....

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January 6, 2026

Shock and Awe Reform

A recap of 2025 and its major reform efforts, and a look at the year ahead....

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Statements

Iowa's Social Studies Standards Revision Falls Short

Iowa’s citizens and Iowa’s policymakers should not be satisfied by the Department of Education’s inadequate revision of Iowa’s social studies standards. They deserve better and......

NAS Endorses Michigan's Academic Content Standards Bill

Michigan State Representative Gina Johnson has introduced House Bill 5364 to require that revisions to academic content standards can only go into effect if they are approved by a concurrent resolutio......

Press Releases

Schools Still Have Illegal DEI? Tell Us!

Despite President Trump’s ban on DEI radicalism and the Supreme Court’s finding DEI illegal, many schools retain it by a different name.

Science on Solid Ground

Scholars publish plan to reform government science and suppress the irreproducibility crisis.

Events

EVENT: Two Centuries Later—the Monroe Doctrine and American National Security in the 21st Century

This discussion will center around the Monroe Doctrine and what it means for American policy two hundred years later.

EVENT: Rescuing Science

Join us on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 6 pm ET for the release of the new NAS report Rescuing Science. Restoring Science as Civic Virtue.