August 8, 2023

Transparent Bureaucracy

Chance Layton

Born-open data provides a roadmap for state and federal bureaucracies

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August 8, 2023

Video: Talking from Afar: The Telephone

National Association of Scholars

What is the story behind Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone?

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August 8, 2023

The Inscrutable Lessons of New York’s Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Mason Goad

In this piece, NAS Research Fellow Mason Goad analyzes a rather Orwellian training that the staff was recently required to complete.

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August 7, 2023

A Symposium on Legacy Admissions: Robert Weissberg

Robert Weissberg

"If legacy admissions is just a ruse to sneak in academically underqualified whites, why stop with legacies?" asks Robert Weissberg in his symposium contribution.

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August 3, 2023

A Symposium on Legacy Admissions: Paul du Quenoy

Paul du Quenoy

Legacy admissions is a rigged game, contends Paul du Quenoy in his contribution to the NAS's symposium—the best way to win is not to play.

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August 3, 2023

Hacks and Henchmen: ‘Disinformation’ Means You’re Over the Target

Teresa R. Manning

Honest people do not desperately try to shut others up, wringing their hands about what’s being said or posted.

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August 2, 2023

A Symposium on Legacy Admissions: David Randall

David Randall

Legacy admissions is just a game of spot-the-sucker, argues David Randall in the latest istallment of the NAS's symposium.

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August 1, 2023

Curtailing the Censorship Industrial Complex

David Randall

When academics work to censor others, especially in cooperation with government agencies, they endanger the freedoms of all Americans.

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August 1, 2023

CounterCurrent: Legacy Admissions Shoutout

Chance Layton

NAS joins the legacy admissions debate with a new symposium.

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July 31, 2023

Event: NAS Members' Day

National Association of Scholars

Join the Wisconsin and National Association of Scholars on Friday, October 20, at 1 pm CDT for a "NAS Members' Day."

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After Claudine

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The Great Academic Divorce with China

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University of Washington Violated Non-Discrimination Policy, Internal Report Finds

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

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Ask a Scholar: What Does YHWH Elohim Mean?

A reader asks, "If Elohim refers to multiple 'gods,' then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods...the one of many, right?" A Hebrew expert answers....