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Explore the debate and science of Admissions.

August 12, 2025

Education Department Cracks Down on Race-Based Admissions Quotas

Kali Jerrard

The ED’s increased scrutiny on higher ed admissions data will ensure transparency and accountability for the American public.

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July 25, 2025

Virginia’s George Mason University to be Scrutinized for Illegal Racial Preferences

Teresa R. Manning

Trump's DOJ targets George Mason University in a civil rights probe over alleged illegal race- and sex-based hiring—part of a sweeping crackdown on DEI across 45 universities.

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March 26, 2025

Hackers Reveal Racial Discrimination at New York University

National Association of Scholars

Hackers have embarrassed New York University (NYU) by breaking into the university’s servers and posting on NYU’s home page the statistics on how NYU commits race discrimination......

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February 6, 2024

The Roadmap to Success?

Kali Jerrard

House Democrats have offered their vision for reforming higher education.

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January 9, 2024

The Assessment Controversy

Kali Jerrard

Standardized testing axed for “political correctness,” hurts rather than helps students.

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December 11, 2023

NAS endorsement of the College Admissions Accountability Act

National Association of Scholars

Colleges and universities need to know that their unlawful actions will lead to clear consequences, and this is the great wisdom of the College Admissions Accountability Act.

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August 1, 2023

CounterCurrent: Legacy Admissions Shoutout

Chance Layton

NAS joins the legacy admissions debate with a new symposium.

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June 20, 2023

The Wrong Way to Admit the Other Half: Why We Oppose Class-Based Affirmative Action

Peter W. Wood

A statement of the National Association of Scholars on class-based preferences in college and university admissions.

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April 28, 2023

Neetu Arnold on "Affirmative Action in College Admissions"

National Association of Scholars

NAS Fellow Neetu Arnold was recently featured on The Final 5 segment on Fox 5. Take a listen as she examines affirmative action in college admissions and the discusses the upcoming Supreme Court......

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March 21, 2023

On The Chopping Block

Kali Jerrard

Does nixing standardized testing make college admissions more equal? 

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