August 31, 2016

Academic Freedom Absolutism at the University of Chicago

Spencer Kashmanian

The University of Chicago's "no safe spaces" letter lacks the philosophical grounding for the academic freedom it champions. 

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August 29, 2016

Virginia Tech's Welcome Mat: Diversity Edu

Ashley Thorne

Students at Virginia Tech and other universities are being "nudged" into diversity with a new and costly not-for-credit course. 

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August 29, 2016

Save the Date: NAS Conference

National Association of Scholars

Join us in Oklahoma this January as we celebrate our thirtieth anniversary. Paul Rahe will give the keynote address. 

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August 15, 2016

More OCR Follies

Peter Wood

A call for Congress to rein in the rogue Department of Education.

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August 8, 2016

Rose Must Fall: Censorship at UCT

Ashley Thorne

The University of Cape Town has dealt another blow to academic freedom. 

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August 4, 2016

Free Speech v. Free Speech

Rachelle Peterson

Many of the opponents of free speech believe they are its champions.

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August 3, 2016

Meet the NAS Interns

National Association of Scholars

Chance, Vo, and Michael are students who care about NAS's mission and have been working hard to support our work. 

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July 27, 2016

California Takes Aim at Religious Freedom

Chance Layton

A new bill targets religious colleges and strips attending students of state grants. 

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July 25, 2016

Books With Spines: The Complete List

National Association of Scholars

The complete list of Books With Spine suggestions.

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July 21, 2016

Final Advice for the Untenured Conservative Humanist

Mark Bauerlein

Part 3: Service. When you join a committee, you either make your colleagues' workdays easier or make them harder. If the latter, they will remember the fact and it may very well come up at te......

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