October 10, 2008

Hiring Discrimination and Quotas at OSU?

George W. Dent

A statement from the Ohio Association of Scholars about the "Comprehensive Equity" program at OSU, which seeks to increase the number of women appointed to faculty positions in the sciences.

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October 10, 2008

LSU Campaign Retreats to its "Safe Space"

Ashley Thorne

What's with the purple stickers on faculty members' office doors?

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October 9, 2008

Making Allowances

Ashley Thorne

Want to keep students on the track to academic success? Pay them!

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October 9, 2008

Circling Arizona: Mission Creep at a State University

Steven Anderson

An ASU-sponsored research center studies minority health disparities.

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October 6, 2008

UPDATE: CAUT's Empty Accusations

Peter Wood

The AAUP Canadian counterpart tried some unoriginal smears on Argus and NAS; we set the record straight.

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October 2, 2008

The Cave

Peter Wood

It's October - time to pay attention to recent and upcoming trends in higher education, like the student loan crisis, the rise of distance learning, the therapeutic campus, and sustainability.

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October 2, 2008

Debates on Campus

Ashley Thorne

Part of NAS's mission is to "sustain the tradition of civil debate in America

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September 30, 2008

Facebook and the Future of the University

Tom Wood

Will social networking sites like Facebook remove the extracurricular responsibility of the university?

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September 30, 2008

NO BIG DEAL...but many small ones

Peter Wood

How campaigning-for-credit undermines academic value

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January 9, 2023

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NAS Celebrates the Nomination of Reform-Minded Trustees to the New College of Florida Board

The National Association of Scholars is delighted with Governor Ron DeSantis’ nomination of six education reformers to the Board of Trustees of the New College of Florida....

December 7, 2022

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New Study Tracks Rise of DEI in STEM Departments, Associations, Grants, and Literature

A new study published today by the National Association of Scholars, Ideological Intensification, offers an in-depth quantitative analysis of just how far DEI has advanced into STEM fields....

January 5, 2023

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NAS Condemns the Attacks against Jordan Peterson

The National Association of Scholars condemns the unrelenting illiberal attacks being levied against Dr. Peterson and against anyone who dares push back against the enemies of intellectual f......

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May 15, 2015

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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....

October 12, 2010

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...

March 22, 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....