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Tracking Cancel Culture in Higher Education

UPDATED: A repository of 294 professors, administrators, and students who have been canceled for expressing views deemed unacceptable by higher education ideologues.

The Next President Should . . .

Higher ed reforms for the next administration and Congress.

The Looming Irrelevance of Middle East Study Centers

Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber.

Resource: Reports and Studies on DEI

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has been the focus of many reports and studies over the last few years. Here, we collect links to all those studies for the benefit of other researchers. 

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

House v. NCAA: A Threat to Higher Education’s Academic Mission?

The House v. NCAA settlement could reshape the landscape of higher education by allowing colleges to pay athletes directly, raising questions about the future of academic and athletic balance. At its......

Trump's Economic Policy Is Straight Out of UChicago

The Chicago school of economics may be the most effective academic source of American economic policy.  “It is widely believed that politics and economics are separate and largely unconnected; that......

Reports

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......

China and Our Children

This report examines how the Chinese Communist Party uses language as a tool of asymmetric warfare and its deployed effects in the United States. Confucius Classrooms did not only expand from Confuciu......

DEI and Maryland College Campuses

This report surveys the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and administrative initiatives at 12 University System of Mayland campuses.

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November 5, 2024

The Next President Should . . .

Higher ed reforms for the next administration and Congress....

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October 29, 2024

The Looming Irrelevance of Middle East Study Centers

Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber....

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October 22, 2024

Science and Bias

Report reveals lack of scientific foundation for widely used Implicit Association Test....

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Statements

NAS Statement on University of Pennsylvania Sanction of Amy Wax

The National Association of Scholars is outraged—but not surprised—by Penn's decision to penalize Wax for exercising her academic freedom. 

AAUP Trades Academic Freedom for Boycotts

The AAUP's new statement on boycotts places academic freedom on the backburner for temporary political gain.

Press Releases

Press Release: Report Finds Activism Guides Implicit Bias Theory

New report finds compelling evidence that the IAT does not appear to measure implicit bias accurately or reliably.

Report: Billions in Foreign Gifts to American Universities Go Unreported

A new report finds that American universities rarely disclose, if at all, gifts from foreign governments and organizations. Without enforcement, colleges and universities slip transparency and fiducia......

Events

Event: Shifting Sands: Zombie Psychology

Join the National Association of Scholars for the launch of the fourth and final report in the Shifting Sands project: Keeping Count of Government Science: Zombie Psychology, Implicit Bias Theory......

Event: Constitution Day Symposium

An exploration of the anti-Constitutional ideas that have seized American higher education, and what can be done about them.