November 2, 2021

Video: The Scarlet Letter

National Association of Scholars

What makes The Scarlet Letter a great American novel? Listen in as professors Monika Elbert, Elisa New, Leland Person, and Arial Silver discuss The Scarlet Letter.

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November 2, 2021

In American Academia, Lysenkoism Makes a Comeback

David Acevedo

Minding the Campus has launched a new award “honoring” higher ed’s most fervent censors.

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October 28, 2021

Trojan Horse Pedagogy, "Terrorist" Parents, and K-12 Gender Ideology

John D. Sailer

From school boards to the State Department, education remains the issue of the day. Click to read the latest issue of Resolute, the Civics Alliance newsletter.

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October 26, 2021

Video: The Reconstruction Era

National Association of Scholars

What were the long-term effects of Reconstruction on American unity? Watch our webinar as Professors Barney, Benedict and Nabors discuss.

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October 26, 2021

Taking A Trip in the Title IX Time Machine

David Acevedo

As of last week, Catherine Lhamon again holds her old role at OCR—campus due process beware.

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October 26, 2021

Colby College Signals "Conservatives Need Not Apply"

Daniel Pipes

A routine job posting exhibits how one's personal political beliefs are becoming more important to academic administrators and hiring committees.

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October 23, 2021

Equality In Servitude: From Citizen Competence to Therapeutic Despotism

Joshua Mitchell

Seek to produce competent students, and you honor your commitment to higher education; seek to produce innocent victims, and you become an institution of higher infantilization.

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October 21, 2021

This Time We're Ready: The Re-Appointment of Catherine Lhamon

Teresa R. Manning

Catherine Lhamon is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Civil Rights. Her reappointment is disappointing, but this time we're ready to fight against her administr......

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October 20, 2021

How Can State Legislatures Counter Chinese Influence in American Higher Education?

Rachelle Peterson

This written testimony by NAS Senior Research Fellow Rachelle Peterson focuses on the CCP's continual influence on American higher ed, as well as what state legislatures can do about it.

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October 20, 2021

Alumni Organize in Defense of College Free Speech

Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward Yingling

A press release announcing the launch of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance, a new organization dedicated to mobilizing college and university alumni in defense of free speech on campus.

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March 3, 2026

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The Ayatollah’s Friends are on Your Campus

The U.S. strike on Iran and the foreign funding shaping how universities respond to it....

March 11, 2026

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Bad Faith Noncompliance: Virginia Schools Flout Supreme Court and Trump with DEI ‘Rebrand’

Trump’s EOs and the Supreme Court make DEI illegal—but colleges keep rebranding it to dodge the law....

January 27, 2026

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Losing the West

As Western civilization courses vanish from higher education, so too are history professors, to the detriment of our civilization....

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May 15, 2015

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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

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Taking Care

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

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Hamilton: An American Musical - Its National Influence as Art

William Young finds much to praise in the hit musical....