Peter W. Wood

Articles

November 4, 2025

🔒NAS Replies to the American Conservative

Peter W. Wood

Curt Mills’s latest piece in The American Conservative tries to link NAS and its website Minding the Campus to Paul Singer, the Manhattan Institute, and a pro-Israel deception—bu......

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October 28, 2025

Why Universities Should Welcome (and Sign) Trump's Compact

Peter W. Wood

The decline of higher ed is accelerating; Trump’s Compact could stymie its demise.

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July 29, 2025

In Defense of Professor Mosaab Elshaer

Peter W. Wood

A defense on behalf of CUNY Biology Professor Mosaab Elshaer, who is facing kangaroo court proceedings by the university after allegations of misconduct. 

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July 25, 2025

In Memoriam: Marilyn Penn

Peter W. Wood

Peter W. Wood pays tribute to Marilyn Penn as a patron of the National Association of Scholars after her passing on July 20. 

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April 30, 2025

In Memoriam: David Horowitz

Peter W. Wood

We celebrate and remember the life of David Horowitz, a champion of intellectual freedom and truth-telling during a long era of lies, collective self-deception, and institutional malfeasance on b......

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April 15, 2025

Fighting Harvard and the Other Cultural Warlords

Peter W. Wood

The academic bureaucracies and professoriate are so deeply committed to their radical program of replacing American society with their own vision of a new order that we have no real choice but to figh......

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March 31, 2025

Keeping Watch

Peter W. Wood

Columbia's descent into chaos is by its own hand. Actions to right the university must be swift and tough.

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January 29, 2025

Rooting Out Race-Based Discrimination

Peter W. Wood

A statement on President Trump's Executive Order, "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity."

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November 20, 2024

NAS Welcomes Administrator McMahon's Nomination to Serve as Education Secretary

Peter W. Wood

With McMahon, the new administration has a chance to drastically slim down and depoliticize the Education Department.

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September 25, 2024

NAS Statement on University of Pennsylvania Sanction of Amy Wax

Peter W. Wood

The National Association of Scholars is outraged—but not surprised—by Penn's decision to penalize Wax for exercising her academic freedom. 

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