October 16, 2015

Academic Social Science and Inequality

William H. Young

William Young examines the preoccupation of American social science with the redress of inequality and its impact on education. 

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October 16, 2015

On Beach Books

Bruce Gans

Bruce Gans writes on what summer reading for incoming freshmen should be.

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October 15, 2015

Better Beach Books?

Peter Wood

NAS welcomes readers’ suggestions of titles for college common reading. 

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October 14, 2015

Conforming Higher Education

Rachelle Peterson

Joanna Williams asks what “academic freedom” protects, if there is no truth for academics to seek? 

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October 13, 2015

NAS Welcomes David Randall as Director of Communications

Peter Wood

Scholar and author David Randall joins NAS's core team. 

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October 13, 2015

The University of Chicago's Flawed Support for Freedom of Expression

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood criticizes Chicago's misframed statement supporting freedom of expression.

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October 9, 2015

This Changes Everything?

Rachelle Peterson

Naomi Klein's new movie admits conservative critics of the environmental left were right. 

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October 9, 2015

A Book on Higher Ed that Looks Dull but has Something Important to Say

George Leef

George Leef discusses an argument by two college presidents for an end to the traditional faculty role in college governance.

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October 6, 2015

The Elephant and the Harvard Question

David Randall

Harvard students are willing to tolerate conservatives--but only on terms that cripple their own education.

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October 2, 2015

College Scorecard: How Much Will You Earn?

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood examines the fuzzy numbers of the U.S. Department of Education's new College Scorecard.

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