Newspapers, blogs, and other online publications frequently draw attention to the work and writings of the National Association of Scholars. This week NAS had a spike in publicity when we released our report on freshman summer reading, Beach Books: What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class?. Among others, CBS, Inside Higher Ed, The Huffington Post, Minding the Campus, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, took notice.
NAS President Peter Wood also had an op-ed published by Huffington Post, “Enrique Goes to College.”
In other news, Dr. Wood’s comments on the academic freedom implications of Ken Cucinelli’s investigation of Michael Mann are mentioned by Human Events and Michael Bérubé at the blog Crooked Timber. And NAS member Ze’ev Wurman was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to
Below are this week’s press clippings, beginning with the most recent. To read future articles and blog posts that highlight NAS, check out NAS in the News or subscribe to our weekly email newsletter for each week’s news updates.
Global Warming Fraud?
June 09, 2010 By Joseph A. D'Agostino - Human Events
Reading is Fun
June 09, 2010 By Jason Pace - Aim for the Head
Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments to Academic Content Standards Commission
June 07, 2010 By Valerie Gotten -
Get Your Leftist Education All Year Round! Summer Reading Lists!
June 07, 2010 By Nicole Hungerford - NewsReal Blog
Advanced Agnotology
June 07, 2010 By Michael Bérubé - Crooked Timber
The NAS Responds to Me
June 07, 2010 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom
Enrique Goes to College
June 06, 2010 By Peter Wood – Huffington Post
What Freshmen Will Read
June 04, 2010 By Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed
Report Assails 'Liberal Political Agenda' of Summer Reading Programs for Freshmen
June 04, 2010 By Kelly Truong - Chronicle of Higher Education
Required Reading in Science
June 04, 2010 By
What's Wrong with Huckleberry Finn?
June 04, 2010 By Lynn O'Shaughnessy – CBS, Money Watch
Does UF's Book Assignment Show a Liberal Bias?
June 04, 2010 By Nathan Crabbe - The Chalkboard
Are Colleges' Summer Reading Lists TOO Left-Leaning? Report Says Yes
June 04, 2010 By Leah Finnegan - Huffington Post
Scholars on the Beach
June 04, 2010 By John K. Wilson - College Freedom
Summer Reading for Freshmen—Arrggh
June 03, 2010 By John Leo - Minding the Campus
