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Event: The New Energy Competition: China, America, and the Politics of Dependence

A discussion between energy economics and public policy experts on the influencing factors behind geopolitical competition today.

Event: The Systematic Reform of American Education

Join us for a discussion centered around 21 ideas for practical systematic reform of the education system.

NAS Welcomes EPA Appointments to the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

Louis Anthony Cox and Stanley Young are eminent figures who we expect to do yeoman work to improve EPA policy.

Safeguarding Academia from Foreign Mischief

New steps are being taken to safeguard American education from malign foreign influence.

Most Recent from Minding The Campus

Don’t Mistake Enrollment Gains for Renewed Confidence

The National Student Clearinghouse released its preliminary fall enrollment report in November, and while the numbers are no longer brand new, they remain worth closer attention. The report shows tota......

What the New International Enrollment Drop Really Shows

The State Department–sponsored Open Doors report shows a 17 percent decline in new international students enrolling in American graduate programs this fall. The figure is eye-catching, but it is hard......

Reports

Rescuing Science

In this report, J. Scott Turner reassesses America’s 75‑year experiment with federally funded “Big Science,” arguing that the system built to spark discovery has instead s......

Should Science Go to DIE

Should Science Go to DIE finds that an authoritarian, anti-scientific ideology —DEI—has captured MIT. On campus, DEI suppresses free speech, undermines scientific inquiry, and has spl......

A Ramblin' Wreck Over the Rainbow

This report surveys the history of DEI at Georgia Institute of Technology. We trace the origins of DEI’s underlying philosophy back to our nation’s adversaries who sought to antagonize rac......

Diversity Rocket Science at Caltech

This report documents the growth and operation of DEI at Caltech, as well as its rebranding over the past two years. It also highlights the awkwardness and ideologically performative nature of DEI in......

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March 17, 2026

Safeguarding Academia from Foreign Mischief

New steps are being taken to safeguard American education from malign foreign influence....

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March 10, 2026

Forming Virtuous Minds

To cultivate virtuous citizens, academia must revitalize the liberal arts....

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March 10, 2026

VIDEO: Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy: An Annual Review

Listen in on a discussion of the consequential year one foreign policy decisions of President Trump's second term, and what is ahead....

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NAS Welcomes EPA Appointments to the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

Louis Anthony Cox and Stanley Young are eminent figures who we expect to do yeoman work to improve EPA policy.

Scholars Endorse Tennessee Senate Bill 1890

Tennessee’s Senate has happily just passed Senate Bill 1890. We urge the Tennessee House to pass its companion bill, House Bill 1805, and we urge Governor Bill Lee to sign the bill into law......

Press Releases

Press Release: How Government Funding Broke American Science—and How to Fix It

Rescuing Science. Recovering Science as Civic Virtue offers a path to restoring the academic sciences to an ethic of discovery.

Schools Still Have Illegal DEI? Tell Us!

Despite President Trump’s ban on DEI radicalism and the Supreme Court’s finding DEI illegal, many schools retain it by a different name.

Events

Event: The New Energy Competition: China, America, and the Politics of Dependence

A discussion between energy economics and public policy experts on the influencing factors behind geopolitical competition today.

Event: The Systematic Reform of American Education

Join us for a discussion centered around 21 ideas for practical systematic reform of the education system.