A Reckoning, a Non-Discrimination Violation, and more
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November Newsletter
A Reckoning, a Non-Discrimination Violation, and more
** Featured Articles
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October 26, 2023
** A Reckoning: How to Respond to Those Who Temporize with Terrorists ([link removed])
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Peter Wood
The leaders of higher education in the United States must speak forthrightly in defense of civilization. If they don’t, then we must as a public lawfully liberate our campuses from foolish solidarity with doctrines aimed at justifying cruelty, anti-Semitism, and the gross abrogation of basic humanity.
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October 31, 2023
** University of Washington Violated Non-Discrimination Policy, Internal Report Finds ([link removed])
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John D. Sailer
A faculty hiring committee at the University of Washington “inappropriately considered candidates’ races when determining the order of offers,” … and ultimately used race as “a substantial factor” in its hiring decision.
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October 31, 2023
** The Academic Roots of Hamas's Terror ([link removed])
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Bruce Gilley
An intellectual history of Hamas from 1988 to the present. How have major ideologies shaped this terrorist organization, and what is its prevalence on campus?
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October 31, 2023
** Turning Our Universities Against Barbarism ([link removed])
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David Randall
Our universities pose a terrible challenge to America. It is time to teach Western civilization because to convey that civilization is to teach our children not to embrace barbarism.
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October 31, 2023
** Diversity Means Divide and Conquer ([link removed])
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Teresa R. Manning
Down with diversity—let the Restoration begin.
** Announcements
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** Letter: Comment on Maine Social Studies Standards ([link removed])
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The Draft Standards does a great disservice to the citizens, students, and teachers of Maine as it consists largely of education school jargon, heavily inflected by radical polemic.
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** NAS Statement on the Deterrent Act ([link removed])
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The National Association of Scholars is pleased to see the introduction of the DETERRENT Act, a new bill that attempts to fix higher education foreign gift reporting requirements by closing loopholes and increasing penalties.
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** Government Education Jobs ([link removed])
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Are you looking for a job? Check out our list of U.S. Government jobs pertaining to the education sector. Click here to access our pdf of government job websites ([link removed]) .
** Events
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** Recentering Our Universities ([link removed])
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Join us on Thursday, November 16, at 2 pm ET ([link removed]) for a special webinar event where we will discuss how we can restore a common civic education to the center of American public university education through new legislation.
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** China’s Kindergarten to High School Influence Strategy ([link removed])
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What does China’s influence in American K-12 education mean for the future of academic freedom? Join us on Friday, November 17, at 1 pm ET ([link removed]) to find out.
** Other Upcoming Events ([link removed])
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Join us for two discussions in our Restoring the Sciences on November 24 and December 1 ([link removed]) . And be sure to join us as we continue our American Innovation Series on November 28 and December 12 ([link removed]) .
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** New Webinar Recordings from NAS ([link removed])
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Watch the recordings of the National Association of Scholars’ most recent webinars, including The World at Home—The Personal Computer ([link removed]) , and Moore’s Law and the Creation of the Transistor ([link removed]) .
** Member Publications
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** Michael Allen
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Mississippi River Valley: The Course of American Civilization, Iowa State University Digital Press, June 14, 2023. ([link removed])
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** David R. Barnhizer
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Conformity Colleges: The Destruction of Intellectual Creativity and Dissent in America's Universities, Skyhorse Publishing, January 16, 2024. ([link removed])
** Craig Frisby, Scott Lilienfeld, Bill O’Donohue, & Richard Redding
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Ideological and Political Bias in Psychology: Nature, Scope, and Solutions, Springer Publishing, September 13, 2023. ([link removed])
** Robert Maranto
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“The Murder of a Great Educator,” Wall Street Journal, November 05, 2023. ([link removed])
“Postcolonial Theory: Why students back Hamas and what educators should do about it,” Minneapolis Star-Tribune, November 09, 2023. ([link removed])
** Richard P. Phelps
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Review of Unproductive School Choice Debates: All Sides Assert Much That Is Wrong, Misleading, or Irrelevant, by John Merrifield and Nathan Gray, Journal of School Choice, October 21, 2023. ([link removed])
** Jukka Savolainen
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“Why do progressives choose to live in dangerous areas?”, Unherd, October 09, 2023. ([link removed])
“Sour Grapes After Finland’s Parliamentary Elections,” Discourse Magazine, October 27, 2023. ([link removed])
** Bruce Westrate
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Altar of Ashes, Thousand Acres Publishing, October 24, 2023. ([link removed])
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