July 24, 2009

"Academic Freedom is Not a License for Bigotry"

Ashley Thorne

A professor is bullied out of a job because of her controversial views, but NYU upholds academic freedom.

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July 23, 2009

Your Chance to Run the Zoo

Ashley Thorne

What's your idea of an ideal college? Email n[email protected] this summer and let us know!

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July 23, 2009

Community Colleges: A Brief History

Glenn Ricketts

As community colleges are recognized now more than ever as a permanent and indispensable sector of the American higher educational system, NAS opens a new series exploring their role today.

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July 22, 2009

Remembering Leszek Kolakowski, 1927-2009

Paul Hollander

Paul Hollander, NAS advisory board member and distinguished scholar of Marxism, reflects upon the intellectual career and contributions of Leszek Kolakowski, who passed away on July 17th.

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July 21, 2009

Wal-Mart's Eco-Index

Ashley Thorne

The retail giant teams up with the University of Arkansas and Arizona State University to find ways to measure products' social and environmental impact.

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July 17, 2009

Online Education: Off Base?

Glenn Ricketts

"Evidence" on value of distance ed doesn't convince everyone.

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July 16, 2009

A Safer Way to Squander

Ashley Thorne

President Obama announces the American Graduation Initiative, a $12 billion dollar fund for community colleges.

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July 15, 2009

Smell of Books

Ashley Thorne

In the age of the Kindle, Google Books, the iPhone, and audio books, have we lost something precious now that we can't smell what we read?

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July 12, 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&#......

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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

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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....

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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....