February 9, 2011
A new report advocates embracing career training as a viable alternative to college. The AAUP, on the other hand, asserts that college is the best option we can give the next generation.
February 8, 2011
Peter Wood wonders if the marriage of American research university and basic science may be on the rocks.
February 7, 2011
In today’s Pope Center Clarion Call, Dr. Troy Camplin observes that the center of gravity for the rebellion in Egypt seems to be un- and under-employed college graduates. The Egyptian government......
February 7, 2011
Two colleges sought to boycott Chick-fil-A after the restaurant chain donated food to a marriage seminar in Pennsylvania.
February 4, 2011
Student writers this week discuss longtime NFL loyalties, campus smoking bans, and why the Bible can't tell us when life begins.
February 4, 2011
Students can resist internet addiction if they learn self-control, argues Jason Fertig. He calls for new attention to trends in internet behavior.
February 3, 2011
Brooklyn College appointed Kristofer Petersen-Overton as an adjunct professor to teach "Politics of the Middle East," then fired him, apparently because of his politics. NAS defended Peterse......
February 3, 2011
NAS board member and Endowed Chair in Teacher Quality at the University of Arkansas Sandra Stotsky has a new blog post, Education's Long Forgotten Vision, that chronicles the lowering of academi......
February 3, 2011
In the past few weeks, terms like "rigor," "core curriculum" and "traditional humanities courses" have acquired new respectibility following publication of Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa's Academ......
February 3, 2011
Sharad Karkhanis's Patriot Returns, which goes to 13,000 CUNY faculty and staff, published a recast version of my piece on the Kristofer Peterson-Overton matter that was covered in The New York......
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....
