August 16, 2023

Update: The Gerber Case

Peter Wood

Ohio Northern University's dismissal of Professor Scott Gerber landed it in the spotlight. Let's keep it there until it does the right thing.

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August 15, 2023

Video: Transforming the Airwaves

National Association of Scholars

What is the story behind the invention of the radio? Listen and watch as we discuss the creation of the radio in this episode of our American Innovation Webinar Series.

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August 15, 2023

An NAS Statement on Mis/Disinformation (Full)

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars opposes disinformation censorship because this censorship is a tool used by those who wish to preserve exclusive control over education to further their illiberal......

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August 15, 2023

An NAS Statement on Mis/Disinformation (Abbreviated)

National Association of Scholars

An abbreviated National Association of Scholars statement on the uses and abuses of "misinformation" and "disinformation."

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August 12, 2023

Tracking Cancel Culture in Higher Education

David Acevedo

UPDATED: A repository of 290 professors, administrators, and students who have been canceled for expressing views deemed unacceptable by higher education ideologues.

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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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July 12, 2023

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Scott Gerber’s Case in Context

Ohio Northern University seems intent on chiseling into granite its protocol for getting rid of a faculty member who disagrees with the institution’s woke ideology, even when the......

July 19, 2023

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On Collegiality

Increasingly, collegiality is being added to the traditional triad of excellence that wins professors tenure. And now, the issue of collegiality is a fraught minefield, and has become&#......

June 22, 2023

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Accreditation? A Woke, Good-Cop-Bad-Cop Scam

The “diversity” bug afflicts almost all of academia; dissenters face opprobrium. But the very same mindset controls accreditors....

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April 14, 2023

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Faculty Fight for Academic Freedom at Harvard

While many faculty quietly endorse views they privately disagree with, Harvard faculty band together to resist administrative overreach, overzealous students, and protect academic freedom....

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

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

June 20, 2023

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How Many Confucius Institutes Are in the United States?

UPDATED: We're keeping track of all Confucius Institutes in the United States, including those that remain open, those that closed, and those that have announced their closing....