July 24, 2009
A professor is bullied out of a job because of her controversial views, but NYU upholds academic freedom.
July 23, 2009
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July 23, 2009
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.
July 22, 2009
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.
July 21, 2009
The retail giant teams up with the University of Arkansas and Arizona State University to find ways to measure products' social and environmental impact.
July 16, 2009
President Obama announces the American Graduation Initiative, a $12 billion dollar fund for community colleges.
July 15, 2009
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?
July 12, 2023
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
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
The “diversity” bug afflicts almost all of academia; dissenters face opprobrium. But the very same mindset controls accreditors....
April 14, 2023
While many faculty quietly endorse views they privately disagree with, Harvard faculty band together to resist administrative overreach, overzealous students, and protect academic freedom....
May 15, 2015
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
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....