March 20, 2013
A writer who attended NAS's 25th anniversary celebration "A Mighty Maze" responds to attacks on NAS in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
March 20, 2013
What are the limits for academic departments when inviting speakers to campus?
March 19, 2013
Two new bills that would require general education requirements for U.S. history to be met by courses providing "a comprehensive survey" are seen as a threat by proponents of Mexican American studie......
March 18, 2013
NAS has published its tenth entry, "'Financial Aid at Bowdoin: A History," in its series of contextualizing observations for the Bowdoin Project.
March 14, 2013
NAS has published its ninth entry, "'Diversity' Comes to Bowdoin," in its series of contextualizing observations for the Bowdoin Project.
March 14, 2013
William Young explores the metaphysical dimensions of contemporary social justice theories.
March 13, 2013
The humanities, once the core of higher education, have fallen on hard times.
March 13, 2013
NAS has published its eighth entry, "Gender Deconstructed," in its series of contextualizing observations for the Bowdoin Project.
March 12, 2013
Idle speculations on the Supreme Court's probable ruling in a major affirmative action case.
March 3, 2026
The U.S. strike on Iran and the foreign funding shaping how universities respond to it....
March 11, 2026
Trump’s EOs and the Supreme Court make DEI illegal—but colleges keep rebranding it to dodge the law....
January 27, 2026
As Western civilization courses vanish from higher education, so too are history professors, to the detriment of our civilization....
May 15, 2015
A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....
February 21, 2014
Is art worth dying for? The Monuments Men considers the value of good art and its purpose in preserving a cultural heritage....
October 17, 2018
William Young finds much to praise in the hit musical....
