July 23, 2009
What's your idea of an ideal college? Email nasonweb@nas.org this summer and let us know!
July 23, 2009
As community colleges are recognized now more than ever as a permanent and indispensable sector of the American higher educational system, NAS opens a new series exploring their role today.
July 22, 2009
Paul Hollander, NAS advisory board member and distinguished scholar of Marxism, reflects upon the intellectual career and contributions of Leszek Kolakowski, who passed away on July 17th.
July 21, 2009
The retail giant teams up with the University of Arkansas and Arizona State University to find ways to measure products' social and environmental impact.
July 16, 2009
President Obama announces the American Graduation Initiative, a $12 billion dollar fund for community colleges.
July 15, 2009
In the age of the Kindle, Google Books, the iPhone, and audio books, have we lost something precious now that we can't smell what we read?
July 10, 2009
With the transformation of our website over the last year, we feel a bit as if we have emerged from a gloomy June into a warm sunny day.
December 16, 2025
Disparate impact theory is on the Trump administration’s chopping block, signaling a move away from discriminatory government policy practices....
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....
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....
