May 31, 2017

Blackalaureate 2017 at Brown University: A Photo Essay

National Association of Scholars

Brown University graduates held a black-only "Blackalaureate" the day before commencement.

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May 30, 2017

Why Did They Riot?

Glynn Custred

The first of a six-part essay, Why Did They Riot? Berkeley’s Bellicose Culture, by anthropologist Glynn Custred, on the anti-free-speech movement at UC Berkeley.

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May 30, 2017

The Map of Academic Freedom

NAS Director of Communications David Randall writes about the Academic Freedom Chart.

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May 24, 2017

College Common Readings Designed to Make Activists, Study Finds

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: NAS releases Beach Books 2016-2017: What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class? The annual study surveys the strength of college common reading across the United States.

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May 24, 2017

Beach Books: 2016–2017

David Randall

A report on the books assigned in 2016–2017 as "common reading."

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May 24, 2017

Executive Summary - Beach Books: 2016–2017

David Randall

An executive summary of the report on the books assigned in 2016–2017 as "common reading."

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May 22, 2017

Finding Academic Freedom

Peter Wood

A new chart by NAS that traces the changing meaning of academic freedom.

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May 22, 2017

Charting Academic Freedom: 102 Years of Debate

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: The National Assocation of Scholars releases a compilation of the key statements on academic freedom, enabling individuals to understand the debate more thoroughly.

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May 22, 2017

Another Response from Binghamton University

National Association of Scholars

Wang Qianghua responds to NAS’s report on Confucius Institutes and to two other professors’ responses. 

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