November 18, 2008

What Ails College Teaching?

Peter Wood

Is it the division of labor between tenured scholars and "teaching specialists"?

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November 17, 2008

Feminizing Science: The Alchemy of Title IX

Patricia Hausman

Will gender balancing come to dominate science? The following article was published in Academic Questions (volume 21, number 4).

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November 17, 2008

You Too Can Write Like Toni Morrison!

Peter Wood

It's not for nothing that Toni Morrison is the most assigned author in college today. Her revamping of written English gives a new model for fiction. As a service, NAS's executive director has......

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November 14, 2008

Political Correctness Run Amuck

Candace de Russy

Candace de Russy tells the story of a professor fired for voicing political views outside the classroom.

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November 14, 2008

Bruce Cole: A Tribute

Steve Balch

Chairman Cole will depart the National Endowment for the Humanities with a record of striking sucess in rekindling the appreciation for this country's founding and heritage.

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November 13, 2008

Ask a Scholar: Seatbelts on School Buses

Have you ever wondered whether science fiction is literature? Or whether Russia is part of 'the West'? Now is your chance to ask a scholar! Today, a rather unpretentious inquiry important to p......

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November 11, 2008

Stop the Hate and Celebrate: The University of Arizona Purges

Peter Wood

After a controversial comic was published in the student newspaper, the campus will "regroup."

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November 7, 2008

NAS Salutes Affiliates' Efforts to End Ethnic- and Gender-Based Preferences

Well done, Nebraska and Colorado Association of Scholars.

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February 13, 2024

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The Great Academic Divorce with China

All signs show that American education is beginning a long and painful divorce with the People’s Republic of China. But will academia go through with it?...

January 24, 2024

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After Claudine

The idea has caught on that the radical left overplayed its hand in DEI and is now vulnerable to those of us who seek major reforms. This is not, however, the first time that the a......

February 2, 2024

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Tribalism or Individualism?

The most immediate work of conservatives must be the rejection of tribalism and a refocus on the individual—individual character, industry, and aptitude....

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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....

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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?...

September 21, 2010

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Ask a Scholar: What Does YHWH Elohim Mean?

A reader asks, "If Elohim refers to multiple 'gods,' then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods...the one of many, right?" A Hebrew expert answers....