April 14, 2009
A reprint of the article in which NAS broke the story about Virginia Tech's diversity policy. This article was originally published March 17, 2009. Following its publication, we published a follow......
April 13, 2009
The sultan's retainer speaks, old noise from the new school, white student orientation, woe, and sinisterly speaking
April 10, 2009
Academics, tobacco, banana splits, guns, slag heaps, and Shangri-La: NAS President Peter Wood goes home.
April 9, 2009
Colleges get ready to use a “climate action litmus test” in hiring new campus leaders.
April 9, 2009
In the third and final part of this series, Tom Wood examines the many non-legal objections to Virginia Tech
April 8, 2009
A look at how the current controversy over the tenure policy at Virginia Tech exemplifies the intersection of academic freedom and public employment law.
April 7, 2009
"There I was, just one person sitting there, but she was seeing a group." An administrator longs to escape the racial labeling that characterizes her department.
April 7, 2009
Faculty members at public universities are state employees, but public universities are not like other public institutions. So what are the governing principles for faculty employment?
April 7, 2009
The financial crisis traces its roots to postmodernist "value-creating" and removal from reality.
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....
