August 27, 2014

The Collision Between Academic Freedom and Freedom of Contract: the Salaita Case

George Leef

George Leef offers his perspective on whether a university should have the freedom to decline to employ those who seem more interested in espousing political beliefs than in teaching.

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August 27, 2014

Revisiting the Classics: What's New and What's True

F.R. Duplantier

Political author F.R. Duplantier reviews Evelyn Waugh's Scoop.

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August 26, 2014

Revisiting the Classics: “The End of the Tether” by Joseph Conrad

Jackson Toby

Jackson Toby, Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Rutgers University, writes on why he considers "The End of the Tether" to be the best—and perhaps most underappreciated—novella Joe......

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August 22, 2014

Revisiting the Classics: Native Son

Jim Hartley

Jim Hartley, Professor of Economics at Mount Holyoke College, reflects on how Native Son is taught in contemporary classrooms.

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August 22, 2014

Pushing American History as a Long Tale of Oppression

Peter Wood

The new APUSH is leaving out important figures in U.S. History and focusing instead on a history of the United States as an oppressor. 

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August 20, 2014

Revisiting the Classics: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Mitchell Langbert

NAS is calling upon readers to submit reflections on old books. Professor Mitchell Langbert discusses how Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics offers value for students that a modern text......

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August 20, 2014

The Clery Act: More Campus Safety Or Just a Wasteful Mandate?

George Leef

Top-down controls have been put in place on college campuses to improve campus safety, but these efforts waste resources and do little to solve the problem.

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August 15, 2014

NAS Member Barbara Oakley Teaches Popular MOOC

National Association of Scholars

NAS member Barbara Oakley is teaching the largest course on learning ever taught. 

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August 14, 2014

Fall 2014 Academic Questions Highlights Western Culture and Tradition

National Association of Scholars

The fall 2014 issue of Academic Questions offers special essays, poetry, and reviews that illimune the foundations of Western tradition.

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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