October 13, 2020

An Outspoken Scholar Gets Canceled, Again, but He’s Not Giving Up

Christopher Kendall

What do you get when you cross scholarly criticism of anticolonialism and an angry mob of academic "cancelers"? The results aren't pretty.

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October 13, 2020

President Trump’s Plans for Higher Ed

David Acevedo

The Trump administration seems most concerned with helping prospective students and their families make wise choices about college and supporting students while they are there.

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October 13, 2020

EVENT: All the King's Horses and Men

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars for an online lecture and Q&A on Wednesday, October 21st at 2 pm ET.

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October 13, 2020

ED and DOS Issue Urgent Warning About Chinese Influence in American Schools

National Association of Scholars

NAS commends the Education and State Depts. for issuing two joint letters urging American education leaders to investigate possible Chinese government influence in their schools.

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October 9, 2020

Department of Justice Sues Yale for Racial Discrimination in Admissions

David Acevedo

In August, Yale College was warned that it must make changes to its racially discriminatory admissions practices. It failed to do so and now faces a federal lawsuit.

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October 9, 2020

Legally Wrong: When Courts and Science Meet with Nathan Schachtman

David Randall

Washington bureaucrats only make half of America's science policy. Judges, juries, and lawyers make the other half, in billion-dollar lawsuits decided in courts around the nation. Nathan A. Schach......

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October 8, 2020

UT Law School’s New First Amendment Center: A Potemkin Village?

Louis K. Bonham

The new Law and Religion Clinic "will not engage in litigation that can succeed only at the expense of the rights of groups represented in our community." What does that mean?

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October 7, 2020

Vindicate Dr. Bruce Gilley's Personal and Professional Reputation

National Association of Scholars

Dr. Gilley's book and book series were canceled shortly after an online mob deemed his work unacceptable. Click to read and sign the NAS's counter-petition.

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October 6, 2020

Joe Biden’s Plans for Higher Ed

David Acevedo

This week, we take a look at Democratic challenger Joe Biden's higher ed. proposals, which center on facilitating socioeconomic mobility via educational flexibility and federal subsidies.

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October 6, 2020

NAS’s Daniel Asia Directs UArizona’s Thirteenth Annual Composers Festival

National Association of Scholars

Professor Daniel Asia, NAS board member, is serving as festival director for this four-day event featuring the music of George Gershwin, Steve Reich, and William Bolcom.

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