June Newsletter
The New Class, Pronoun Wars, and China Sellouts

Featured Articles

May 22, 2020

The Failure of the New Class under the Test of COVID-19

Alexander Riley

When the SARS-CoV-2 virus first appeared, many experts understated the threat. Now more than two months into the pandemic these same experts have coalesced around the most hyperbolic disease modeling.

June 15, 2020

See Clearly, Decide Wisely, Act Justly

Jeffrey J. Poelvoorde

An Open Letter to the Converse College Community in response to its administrative decisions relating to diversity and inclusion on campus.

June 3, 2020

Controversy and Confusion

NAS

NAS critiques AAUP's response to the new Title IX regulations. We urge the association to return to a careful and balanced approach, fitting to an organization of university professors.

June 3, 2020

Cracking Down on Illegal Ties to China

John David

We’re tracking American professors, higher ed administrators, and students who have been charged for crimes surrounding illegal ties to China.

Announcements


The Tyranny of Pronouns

Can university officials force their professors to call students by their preferred titles and pronouns? That’s the issue in the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals case of Meriwether v. Francesca Hartop.

National Association of Scholars Acquires Minding the Campus

The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has acquired ownership of the webzine Minding the Campus (MTC), a popular forum for commentary on American higher education.

Doris Ariane and Lowell Lawrence Blaisdell, In Memoriam

The NAS is the grateful recipient of a generous estate gift from longtime NAS supporters Lowell and Doris Blaisdell of Denton, TX.

Media

NAS Quarantine Webinars

Click here to watch or re-watch NAS's quarantine webinars: The Crisis Cure for Higher Education, China, the Academy, and the American National Interest, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Title IX, and What's the Future of Higher Education?

Member Publications

Hal R. Arkes and George R. Dent Jr.

"Testing Affirmative Action"
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. May 20, 2020. 
 

Kenneth E. Hartman

Michelle Marder Kamhi

Thomas D. Klingenstein and Ryan P. Williams

"America is Not Racist"
The American Mind. June 3, 2020.
 

Robert Maranto

"How Academia Failed to Improve Police Practices"
Wall Street Journal. June 10, 2020.  
"We can’t ignore progress made with police violence"
Minneapolis Star-Tribune. June 1, 2020.
 

Richard Phelps

"Test Frequency, Stakes, and Feedback in Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis"
Evaluation Review, Volume 43 Issue 3-4, June-August 2019.
 

Philip Carl Salzman

Craig Trainor

"Return to ‘The Unheavenly City’"
Quilette. May 17, 2020.  
"Justice Alito Reminds Us How To Argue"
The American Conservative. May 11, 2020.
 

Scott Yenor

"Idaho’s Higher Education Earthquake?"
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. May 22, 2020.  


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