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March 12, 2021

NAS Condemns PSU-AAUP’s Defamation of Professor Bruce Gilley

National Association of Scholars

Professor Bruce Gilley has been canceled—again. This is now the third time that he has been censured by the academic community for his work on anti-colonialism.

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June 3, 2020

Controversy and Confusion

National Association of Scholars

NAS critiques AAUP's response to the new Title IX regulations. We urge the association to return to a careful and balanced approach, fitting to an organization of university professors.

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June 7, 2018

Defending a Debased Version of the Liberal Arts

Peter Wood

The AAUP and AAC&U issue statement in support of a hollowed liberal arts.

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April 23, 2018

Letter to AAUP President: Let's Work Together to Address Confucius Institutes

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood writes to AAUP President Rudy Fichtenbaum about the concerns we share regarding Confucius Institutes.

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December 20, 2017

Does Trump Threaten Science?

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood critiques a polemic by the American Association of University Professors.

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May 30, 2017

The Map of Academic Freedom

NAS Director of Communications David Randall writes about the Academic Freedom Chart.

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May 22, 2017

Finding Academic Freedom

Peter Wood

A new chart by NAS that traces the changing meaning of academic freedom.

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July 11, 2016

AAUP Meeting Unanimously Backs Melissa Click--But Why?

Peter Wood

In Minding the Campus, NAS president Peter Wood discusses authority on campus.

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April 5, 2016

Title IX Tramples Free Speech and Fairness, So Now What?

Peter Wood

NAS president Peter Wood comments on the AAUP statement: The History, Uses, and Abuses of Title IX.

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