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April 28, 2025

Bright Spots Do Exist in American Higher Education—Are They the Future?

Teresa R. Manning

Four small colleges reject woke orthodoxy, student debt, and federal strings—offering faith, grit, and classical learning as a bold alternative in higher ed.

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April 26, 2025

Trump Issues Executive Orders on Accreditation and Foreign Influence

Teresa R. Manning

President Trump has issued a flurry of education-related Executive Orders this month. Two are on issues of concern for the National Association of Scholars: accreditation reform and foreign influence......

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April 23, 2025

NAS Endorses Arkansas House Bill 1696

National Association of Scholars

Arkansas HB 1696 establishes the principle that a state university should have a core curriculum. Arkansas will join the state leaders of education reform in America when it passes this bill.

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April 22, 2025

Reform. Like It or Not.

Kali Jerrard

Sweeping reform measures are under way for higher education, will they last?

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April 15, 2025

Higher Ed Digs In, Refuses Reform

Kali Jerrard

Though higher ed scoffs at Trump’s push to gut toxic campus ideologies, don’t expect change anytime soon.

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