September 11, 2008
U Mass Amherst is looking for a new linguistic anthropologist who fits with the university's politically correct policies and its commitment to a "racialized" outlook. Where does such a job desc......
September 11, 2008
Why is binge drinking such a problem on college campuses? What factors lead certain students to consume more than others?
September 11, 2008
Let us remember 9/11 and rouse from academic detachment from the real world.
September 4, 2008
NAS takes a look at La Raza studies, a public school program in Tucson, where the cactuses are plentiful and so is the bitterness.
September 4, 2008
A handy guide to the highlights of the first season of NAS's new website. Come here first to see what we've been up to and find the best of NAS since our web upgrade!
September 3, 2008
In his new book, Save the World on Your Own Time, Stanley Fish writes, "If you
September 2, 2008
It seems the Internet generation of students has a novel excuse for plagiarism: "I was exploring the ever-changing version of my self." In a world of Wikipedia, YouTube, Blogspot, and Second Life, can......
August 29, 2008
The University System of Georgia conducted a "Survey on Student Speech and Discussion," which has been heralded as proof that the U.S. doesn't have a problem with bias in the classroom. But we h......
August 29, 2008
NAS Executive Director Peter Wood replies to Ed Cutting with an opposing view, that "the 'customer service' model of higher education is an illusory path to real academic reform."
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....
