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January 9, 2024

The Assessment Controversy

Kali Jerrard

Standardized testing axed for “political correctness,” hurts rather than helps students.

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January 8, 2024

NAS on the Harvard President's Resignation

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars welcomes the decision by Claudine Gay to resign the presidency of Harvard University. We also welcome the Harvard Corporation’s role in assenting to this res......

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January 3, 2024

Remembering Carol Iannone

Steve Balch

Carol was that rare chimera, the hardened idealist, coupling an innocence ever shocked by the world as it is, to a tough-minded tenacity that never relented in fighting back.

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January 2, 2024

Press Release: Going, Going, Gone

National Association of Scholars

After a short and tumultuous term as president of Harvard University, Claudine Gay has officially tendered her resignation amid her mishandling of anti-Semitism on campus and allegations of plagi......

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December 27, 2023

NAS on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty

National Association of Scholars

The work to expose plagiarism, just as the work to inquire into truth and extend knowledge, must be a joint effort by every scholar and citizen who cares about academic integrity.

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