October 5, 2010
According to The Chronicle this afternoon: An overwhelming majority of Americans say it is better for some students to go to community colleges instead of four-year colleges and universities, acco......
October 5, 2010
A victory for the California Association of Scholars, who argued against a bill that would have legalized racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination.
October 5, 2010
Presenting both sides of controversies begins with recognizing that an opponent is not a “bad person."
October 4, 2010
New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane consulted the NAS for his article, "Scholarly Work, Without All the Footnotes," published yesterday: Peter W. Wood, an anthropologist who is president......
October 4, 2010
The Chronicle Review has a scurrilous piece by one Charles Ferguson, who is a documentary film director. His targets are 1) Larry Summers; 2) academic economists generally; and 3) anything that sugg......
October 4, 2010
In today's Pope Center piece, I respond to a recent NYT article by Richard Kahlenberg in which he argues against legacy preferences in college admissions. I think the case against legacy p......
October 1, 2010
Peter Wood takes on this question in "Nouveau Relativism in Academe": What is the proper status of “opinion” in the university, as opposed to fact, established knowledge, theory,......
October 1, 2010
NAS board member Christina Jeffrey spoke on behalf of the NAS at the Summit. Here's her report on parents' and colleges' frustrations, the state governor's composure, and a bureaucra......
September 30, 2010
Good news for those who have eagerly awaited academe’s considered responses to last summer’s Gulf oil spill. And even better news for those who have been eagerly awaiting how the D......
September 30, 2010
NAS contributing author Jason Fertig rejoiced when he read a student's essay on the meaning of diversity and how it contributes to organizations' success. She wrote that diversity should req......
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....
