We invite you to join the National Association of Scholars today at 2:15 pm ET for "Anti-Semitism, Violence, and DEI in Higher Education," a discussion on the interplay between anti-Semitism, violence, and DEI in American higher education. Join us tomorrow, September 16, at 4 pm ET for "Trump, Congress, and the Student Loan Crisis: Where Things Stand," and again on Friday, October 3, at 2 pm ET for the launch event of three new NAS reports, "Turning Over Rocks in the DEI Swamp."

More on our upcoming events:

Join the National Association of Scholars for "Anti-Semitism, Violence, and DEI in Higher Education" on Monday, September 15, at 2:15 pm ET.

A webinar hosted by the National Association of Scholars (NAS) on the interplay between anti-Semitism, violence, and "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) on college and university campuses, in anticipation of the upcoming NAS DEI Anti-Semitism Study. 

Michael Kaminsky will be discussing his experience with anti-Semitic violence at DePaul University in Chicago, and other experts from higher education around the country will weigh in with their understandings.

This event will feature Michael Kaminsky, Director of Higher Education and Government Affairs at the Chicago Jewish Alliance; Dr. Craig Klugman, Bioethicist and Medical Anthropologist at DePaul University; Dr. Rona Kaufman, Associate Professor of Law at Duquesne University and Developer of Israel Explainer Video Series; and Yehudit Barsky, ISGAP Senior Research Fellow and Leader of the Division of Middle East and International Terrorism at the American Jewish Committee.

This event will be moderated by Ben Dorfman, Senior Researcher in anti-Semitism at the National Association of Scholars.

To learn more and RSVP for the event, click here.

Join the National Association of Scholars for "Trump, Congress, and the Student Loan Crisis: Where Things Stand" on Tuesday, September 16, at 4 pm ET.

Among the many efforts by the Trump Administration to address the mess of American higher education—campus anti-Semitism, escalating costs, declining enrollments, politicized "diversity, equity, and inclusion" bloat, due process nightmares, etc.—is a check on programs and degrees where graduates disproportionately default on their student loans. 

In May, the Education Department announced more scrutiny on these programs threatening the eligibility of those schools to participate in the student loan program—for many, their life blood—when default rates get too high. These delinquencies have also prompted calls for student loan forgiveness, infuriating many as this appears to be a band-aid measure on a gaping wound and unjust to taxpayers who skipped college, not to mention the wrong lesson for young people about their obligations.

This summer, Congress also stepped up with the Big Beautiful Bill that caps loan amounts and simplifies repayment plans, including repayment options based on income.

This event will feature Teresa R. Manning, Policy Director at the National Association of Scholars; Beth Akers, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on the economics of higher education; and Preston Cooper, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his work focuses on higher education ROI, student loans, and higher education reform.

To learn more and RSVP for the event, click here.

Join the National Association of Scholars for "Turning Over Rocks in the DEI Swamp" on Friday, October 3, at 2 pm ET.

Is there a black Euler equation? A female logistical curve? A queer electron mass? Such questions once were nonsensical. Now, they are taken seriously, even at America’s premier institutions dedicated to science and technology. The identitarian politics of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) now rule.

How did this happen? For the past year, three scholars at the National Association of Scholars (NAS) have been taking a deep dive into how DEI ideology came to dominate three top-notch technical universities. On October 3, their reports will be made public. In Should Science Go to DIE, Mason Goad explores the rise of DEI mania at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Louis Galarowicz and Mason Goad do the same for Georgia Tech in A Ramblin’ Wreck Over the Rainbow. And Ian Oxnevad turns over rocks to expose Diversity Rocket Science at Caltech.

Along the way, they outline the long history of DEI insinuation into these institutions, showing how all were already well-placed for the revolutionary moment presented by George Floyd’s death. Each study explores the diverse ramifications of the takeover, from the descent into frivolity (MIT), compromise of national security (Georgia Tech), and capitulation for foreign powers (Caltech).

This event will feature Mason Goad, NAS Research Fellow, and author of Should Science Go to DIE and co-author of A Ramblin’ Wreck Over the Rainbow; and Ian Oxnevad, NAS Senior Fellow for Foreign Affairs and Security Studies and author of Diversity Rocket Science at Caltech. J Scott Turner, NAS Director of Science Programs will moderate this event.

To learn more and RSVP for the event, click here.

If you have missed any of our past events or webinars, you may find all of our recordings here: https://www.youtube.com/@NAScholars/streams.

I look forward to seeing you in the audience!
 

Best,
Chance Layton
Director of Communications
National Association of Scholars