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The home of “things said” by the National Association of Scholars.

September 4, 2025

Removing DEI from Higher Education Will Take Diligent Work

National Association of Scholars

Iowa’s public universities provide the latest proof that it will take long and diligent work to remove from higher education the discriminatory ideologies often referred to as "diversity, eq......

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August 19, 2025

Iowa Board of Regents Take Weak Stance on DEI in Higher Ed

National Association of Scholars

In their default, we urge Iowa’s legislatures to step up to the challenge and, as is necessary and proper, to use carefully tailored statutes to re-institute freedom in Iowa’s public unive......

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July 9, 2025

Resignation of UVA President Opens Door for Progress

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars welcomes the resignation of James Ryan from the presidency of the University of Virginia.

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June 30, 2025

Ohio Signs Law to Depoliticize Colleges and End DEI

National Association of Scholars

Ohio Senate Bill 1 will do an extraordinary amount to depoliticize Ohio’s public higher education system, strengthen intellectual diversity, and restore its accountability to Ohio policymakers a......

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May 9, 2025

Trump Administration Ends Federal Disparate-Impact Theory Use

National Association of Scholars

All Americans should know how important it is to eliminate disparate action from government policy, and how great a blow the Trump administration has struck to the enemies of liberty.

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February 24, 2025

NAS Applauds the American Bar Association's Suspension of DEI Rules

National Association of Scholars

The American Bar Association must now move beyond suspending the enforcement of its misbegotten rules to the elimination of the rules themselves.

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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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March 18, 2024

Indiana Senate Bill 202 Reforms DEI Policy

National Association of Scholars

Senate Bill 202 is a good first step for removing authoritarian “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies from Indiana’s public universities. We urge Indiana’s citizens and p......

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