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August Newsletter
Shifting Sands: False Positives, In Defense of Mosaab Elshaer, and more


** Featured Articles
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August 19, 2025


** Report: Shifting Sands: False Positives—The Irresponsibility Crisis of Science Policy ([link removed])
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David Randall, Stan Young, and Warren Kindzierski

Shifting Sands: False Positives provides a policy-oriented conclusion to our Shifting Sands reports by outlining Policy Recommendations for how to address the irresponsibility crisis of science policy.
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August 21, 2025


** Federal Anti-DEI Guidelines Must Be Enforced Locally—State Attorneys General Should Step Up ([link removed])
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Louis Galarowicz

Ending DEI-based discrimination will come through numerous small acts of courage, assertions by employees of wrongdoing by employers, as well as legal battles and adoption by enforcement agencies.

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August 18, 2025


** The Education Department’s Own Guidance Pushes Ideology into Schools. It Needs to Check Itself ([link removed])
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Nathaniel Urban

American students deserve an education grounded in truth and knowledge that prepares them for virtuous citizenship. They do not deserve to be the pawns of pedagogical theories or ideological trends.

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July 29, 2025


** In Defense of Professor Mosaab Elshaer ([link removed])
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Peter W. Wood

A defense on behalf of CUNY Biology Professor Mosaab Elshaer, who is facing kangaroo court proceedings by the university after allegations of misconduct.

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July 25, 2025


** Virginia’s George Mason University to be Scrutinized for Illegal Racial Preferences ([link removed])
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Teresa R. Manning

Trump's DOJ targets George Mason University in a civil rights probe over alleged illegal race- and sex-based hiring—part of a sweeping crackdown on DEI across 45 universities.


** Announcements
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** Federal Judge Upholds NSF Grant Terminations, Bolstering Trump’s Science Agenda ([link removed])
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The Trump administration won an important victory in the legal campaign being mounted by universities over funding of scientific research.

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** The Math Standards Ready to Trend on TikTok ([link removed])
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Everyone’s trying to get the word out: the Common Core mathematics standards just don’t work. And all the work to improve mathematics teacher preparation won’t get far so long as the lead weights of the Common Core standards weigh down math teachers.

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** Iowa Board of Regents Take Weak Stance on DEI in Higher Ed ([link removed])
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In their default, we urge Iowa’s legislatures to step up to the challenge and, as is necessary and proper, to use carefully tailored statutes to re-institute freedom in Iowa’s public universities.

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** The Viewpoints Fellowship ([link removed])
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Bring The Viewpoints Fellowship to your campus! Viewpoints is an innovative, peer-led fellowship for college students focused on developing curious approaches to difference and disagreement. It builds campus-based cohorts of student leaders from different universities, teaches an interdisciplinary method of approaching difference with curiosity, and empowers its fellows to create and implement programming promoting this approach in their own communities. The program is being piloted at Elon and Dartmouth in 2025-26, and we are looking for 4-5 schools to join our next cohort. Learn more at www.viewpointsproject.org ([link removed]) , or contact Shira Hoffer at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) , deadline is October 2025.

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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]) .


** Media
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** New Event Recordings from NAS ([link removed])
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Watch the recordings of the National Association of Scholars’ most recent events, including Shifting Sands: False Positives ([link removed]) .


** CounterCurrent
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** NAS's Weekly Newsletter ([link removed])
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Read our weekly series CounterCurrent ([link removed]) , where we discuss news and trends in higher education. Peruse this week's edition on our website here ([link removed]) .


** Member Publications
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** Walter E. Block
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“The 10 Books That Have Most Influenced Walter Block,” Walter’s Newsletter, August 18, 2025. ([link removed])

“Can Left-Libertarianism Be Considered a Real Libertarianism?” Walter’s Newsletter, August 17, 2025. ([link removed])

“Anarchy: Walter Block Debates the Rational Egoist,” Walter’s Newsletter, August 10, 2025. ([link removed])

“The Libertarian Case Against Punishing a ‘Conspiracy,’” Walter’s Newsletter, August 10, 2025. ([link removed])

“Water Restrictions in North Vancouver,” Walter’s Newsletter, August 03, 2025. ([link removed])

“Walter Block Debate with John Clark,” Walter’s Newsletter, August 03, 2025. ([link removed])

“Walter Block: Grading President Trump’s first six months,” Walter’s Newsletter, July 20, 2025. ([link removed])

“Defending the Undefendable, Gold and 100% Banking | Walter Block,” Walter’s Newsletter, July 20, 2025. ([link removed])



** Richard P. Phelps
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“Trump Talks Bigly on Common Core—But Still Hasn’t Killed It,” Minding the Campus, August 04, 2025. ([link removed])



** Alexander Riley
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“‘Made To Penetrate,’” All Things Rhapsodical, August 07, 2025. ([link removed])

“The Weak Case for Unrestrained Academic Freedom,” All Things Rhapsodical, July 31, 2025. ([link removed])

“Summertime Rolls,” All Things Rhapsodical, July 28, 2025. ([link removed])

“The Other's Death and Yours,” All Things Rhapsodical, July 16, 2025. ([link removed])


** Alexander W. Salter
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“Pushing the Boundaries of Space Commerce,” National Review, August 06, 2025. ([link removed])

“Trump’s first-term space policy was great, but now he’s dropping the ball,” The Hill, July 31, 2025. ([link removed])

“Trump's Pressuring Aside, It's Time for the Fed to Cut,” RealClear Markets, July 17, 2025. ([link removed])


** Susan J. Siggelakis and Audrey K. Mulliner
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“Assets Instead of Liabilities: Judge Ivorey Cobb and Juvenile Justice in Colebrook, New Hampshire,” Juvenile and Family Court Journal, March 27, 2025. ([link removed])


** Kenin M. Spivak
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“World Rewards Hamas for Its Atrocities,” RealClear Politics, August 12, 2025. ([link removed])

“Don’t Overlook Hillary Clinton,” RealClear Politics, August 01, 2025. ([link removed])

“Exposing the Russia Hoaxers,” The American Mind, July 21, 2025. ([link removed])

“Kenin Spivak: Federal Judge Takes Control Of US Government, Orders Funding Of Planned Parenthood,” RealClear Politics, July 16, 2025. ([link removed])



** Elizabeth Weiss
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“Is Science Being Buried to Appease Indigenous Beliefs? Elizabeth Weiss + Lawrence Krauss,” The Origins Podcast, YouTube, July 31, 2025. ([link removed])

“NAGPRA: Dr. Elizabeth Weiss Interview,” East10, YouTube, July 29, 2025. ([link removed])

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