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Read thoughts and initiatives from the National Association of Scholars.

April 25, 2024

Letter: Comment on West Virginia Social Studies Standards

Peter Wood and David Randall

These Standards require substantial improvement—and that this improvement should be conducted by recruiting an independent commission to redraft new social studies standards.

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April 23, 2024

Academic Freedom's Broken Shield

Kali Jerrard

“Institutional neutrality” has become an excuse for higher education’s absence of reason.

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April 20, 2024

The Academic's Roadmap

Bob Wright

By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently.

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April 20, 2024

The Case of the Anguished Airman

F.R. Duplantier

There are only two good reasons for attending graduate school: (1) getting a degree prerequisite to a teaching career, and (2) having nothing better to do. 

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April 16, 2024

Bravo to George Mason University’s Board of Visitors

Teresa R. Manning

Most American colleges and universities need more of this kind of accountability and oversight, not less. And it looks like George Mason University’s Board is showing the way.

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