Trump Administration Ends Federal Disparate-Impact Theory Use 

National Association of Scholars

All Americans should know how important it is to eliminate disparate action from government policy, and how great a blow the Trump administration has struck to the enemies of liberty.

In Memoriam: David Horowitz

Peter Wood

We celebrate and remember the life of David Horowitz, a champion of intellectual freedom and truth-telling during a long era of lies, collective self-deception, and institutional malfeasance on behalf of anti-American and anti-Western ideologies. 

Bright Spots Do Exist in American Higher Education—Are They the Future?

Teresa R. Manning

Four small colleges reject woke orthodoxy, student debt, and federal strings—offering faith, grit, and classical learning as a bold alternative in higher ed.

Trump Issues Executive Orders on Accreditation and Foreign Influence

Teresa R. Manning

President Trump has issued a flurry of education-related Executive Orders this month. Two are on issues of concern for the National Association of Scholars: accreditation reform and foreign influence at colleges and universities.

NAS Endorses Arkansas House Bill 1696

Arkansas HB 1696 establishes the principle that a state university should have a core curriculum. Arkansas will join the state leaders of education reform in America when it passes this bill.

NAS Commends Government Proposal on Tackling Student Loan Crisis 

The Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan provides systematic and beneficial reform to America’s student loan system, and to higher education as a whole. It is a welcome complement to ED’s new policy initiatives to restore accountability to federal student loans.

Comment: Oklahoma Adopts New Science and Social Studies Standards

Oklahoma adopts new standards informed by NAS, Civics Alliance, and Freedom in Education model standards.

Government Education Jobs

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New Event Recordings from NAS

Watch the recordings of the National Association of Scholars’ most recent events, including Ideological Insistence: Diversity Statements and the Challenge to Academic Freedom and Professors Speak Out. You can also listen to a new episode of our Right Ideas podcast with Louis Galarowicz and featuring Amy Wax here. And Scott Turner, Director of Science Programs at NAS, has begun a weekly science podcast which you can listen to here.