September 25, 2009

Student Gov Officers Appointed by Race at UMass

Ashley Thorne

Alana Goodman, a student at the University of Massachusetts, has published an excellent article, "Institutionalized Racism in Student Government," in the Collegian, the schoool's student newspap......

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September 25, 2009

UW-Oshkosh Students Reexamine Sustainability

Ashley Thorne

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student newspaper, the Advance-Titan, has published an article about our article "Sustainability is a Waste." The staff writes, "the idea that an ideology en......

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September 25, 2009

Campus Reform Looks Forward

Ashley Thorne

NAS welcomes a new web-based effort to reform higher education.

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September 24, 2009

Why are College Presidents in Love with "Sustainability"?

Ashley Thorne

Peter Wood's article, "Never Waste a Good Cliché," ponders the reasons college presidents sign their institutions up for the American College and University Presidents Climate Commit......

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September 24, 2009

California Association of Scholars Talks of War

Ashley Thorne

 Next month the California Association of Scholars, along with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, will sponsor a free lecture by Victor Davis Hanson on “War in the postmodern wor......

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September 24, 2009

California Association Talks of War

Ashley Thorne

Our California affiliate invites you to a free evening with Victor Davis Hanson.

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September 24, 2009

Never Waste a Good Cliche

Peter Wood

The sustainability ethic of a college president.

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September 23, 2009

Welcome to the NAS blog!

Ashley Thorne

Greetings! This is the first entry of the National Association of Scholars blog. We're glad you found us. We created this blog in order to keep our readers attuned to higher education news and&n......

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September 23, 2009

Higher Education and Economic Growth

Tom Wood

Tom Wood makes the case that higher education is worth public support.

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September 22, 2009

What Good Are People?

Ashley Thorne

Two ominous new developments for the sustainability movement: the MAHB and a sustainability literacy handbook.

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