Press Releases

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December 7, 2010

When to Use the Word "Racist"

Peter Wood reviews the affirmative action bake sale controversy at Wesleyan University and calls for a more circumspect use of the label "racist."

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December 2, 2010

NAS Supports Freedom of Speech and Conscience in Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley

National Association of Scholars

NAS filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley, in favor of counseling student Jennifer Keeton, who was expelled from Augusta State University for expressing her religious......

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November 3, 2010

Arizona Civil Rights Initiative Passes; NAS Hails Victory

Proposition 107, which bans racial preferences in Arizona's public colleges and universities, passed with 60% of the vote.

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October 14, 2010

NAS Unearths Censored Study on High School Research Papers

Why aren't high schools doing a better job of teaching students to write? The suppressed study finds that 95% of high school teachers think research papers are important, but 62% never assign th......

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September 24, 2010

Common Reading on the Rise at Top Colleges

The NAS's new report shows that 93% of top national universities have common reading programs.

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