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December Newsletter
Case Agreements in Higher Ed, NAS Endorses the PELL Act, and more


** Featured Articles
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November 25, 2025


** Columbia and Beyond: Case Agreements in Higher Ed ([link removed])
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National Association of Scholars

This white paper analyzes the Trump administration’s higher education reform strategy, which has emphasized the use of case resolution agreements with universities as an effective tool to enforce nondiscrimination policies, discipline, and compliance with federal law. It highlights Columbia University’s agreement, noting the role of fines, independent monitors, and external reformers in ensuring universities fulfill their commitments.
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December 12, 2025


** NAS Endorses Introduction of the PELL Act ([link removed])
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National Association of Scholars

The introduction of the PELL Act is a welcome early Christmas present and a fitting culmination of an excellent year of education reform.

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December 08, 2025


** College Finance: Congress Should Call a Spade a Spade and See Schools for the Bad Actors They Are ([link removed])
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Teresa R. Manning

Colleges are quietly inflating prices and shifting costs between students, creating a system that rewards insiders, misleads families, and leaves Congress chasing symptoms instead of the cause.

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December 07, 2025


** Florida Leads Fight Against Corrupt American Bar Association ([link removed])
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Teresa R. Manning

The ABA’s left-wing bias targets Catholic law schools, exposing the need for reform in America’s politicized legal education system.

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November 24, 2025


** Scholars Applaud Department of Education Break Up ([link removed])
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National Association of Scholars

We endorse the Trump administration’s initiative to disband much of the ED through interagency agreements, but we encourage the administration to keep going, focusing on the long haul of rescinding each individual ED program.


** Announcements
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** NAS Applauds House Bills to Combat Foreign Influence in Schools ([link removed])
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Latest bills signal that Congress and the Administration are taking foreign influence concerns seriously, but enforcement challenges remain.

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** NAS Standards Inform Proposed South Dakota Mathematics Standards ([link removed])
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We are delighted and honored that South Dakota’s Department of Education has found the Archimedes Standards useful as a way to inform its own work.

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** NAS Endorses Florida's New History of Communism Social Studies Standards ([link removed])
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The people of Florida can be proud of what their elected officials and their Department of Education have accomplished. We hope that many other states will follow Florida’s pioneering example.

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** NEH Invites Applications to Build Endowments for Research and Teaching of Western Civilization, American History and Government, and Civics ([link removed])
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Endowments for Advancing the Humanities awards provide funds for 20-year term endowments to support long-term work in the humanities. Applicants may propose up to three years to raise and certify non-federal gifts that will be matched one-to-one with NEH federal matching funds. Once award recipients have certified the required amount of non-federal gifts, they will establish a term endowment and spend its income to advance the work of the humanities at their organizations. For more information, click here ([link removed]) .

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** Art History Faculty Opening at University of St. Thomas Houston ([link removed])
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The University of St. Thomas (www.stthom.edu) is a private, Catholic university, located in Houston, Texas-the nation's fourth largest city--that gives pride of place to the liberal arts and the Catholic intellectual tradition within its mission of faithful Catholic higher education. As such, the University is seeking a full-time Open Faculty Rank of Art History. The ideal candidate will be a successful scholar, an inspiring teacher, and an experienced builder of programs. The position will report to the Director of the Allbritton Art Institute. For more information, click here ([link removed]) .

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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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** Saving Special Education ([link removed])
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Join the National Association of Scholars on Tuesday, January 20, at 2 pm ET ([link removed]) for a discussion on Special Education, what the government should be doing to promote it, and looking toward the future.

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** DEI Reform in the Universities ([link removed])
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Join us on Tuesday, January 27, at 2 pm ET ([link removed]) for a discussion on our comprehensive plan to rid the sciences of the DEI agenda.


** Media
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** New Event Recordings from NAS ([link removed])
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Watch J. Scott Turner’s new documentary The Scopes Trial: 100 Years Later on the NAS YouTube channel ([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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** Donald Bishop
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"Well Choreographed: The Victory Day Parade in Beijing," RealClear Defense, September 8, 2025. ([link removed])

"Three Essential History Courses for Cadets and Midshipmen," RealClear History, July 14, 2025. ([link removed])


** Walter E. Block
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“Mamdani and the Minimum Wage Law,” Walter's Newsletter, November 24, 2025. ([link removed])

“How Should Canada Respond to Trump's Talks?” Walter’s Newsletter, November 19, 2025. ([link removed])



** Joseph Chamie
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“The U.S. President Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks,” Inter Press Service, November 19, 2025. ([link removed])



** Claudia Diehl, Matthias Revers, et. al.,
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“Students’ motives for restricting academic freedom: Viewpoint discrimination and prosocial concerns,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (47): e2503804122, November 20, 2025. ([link removed])


** John Ellis and Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
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“Pro-Hamas Students Aren’t the Source of Campus Antisemitism,” Wall Street Journal, December 05, 2025. ([link removed])


** John Gentry
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“Culture: A new venue for the politicization of intelligence,” Comparative Strategy, 1–21, December 08, 2025. ([link removed])


** William Krayer
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“To Make Men Free,” Journal of the Institute for Legal Writing, vol. 29, May 05, 2025. ([link removed])


** Robert T. Lackey
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“The emergence of religious ecology,” Fisheries, 2025;, vuaf046, May 26, 2025. ([link removed])


** Richard P. Phelps
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“Education Policy Research Cartels: Any Research Not Done by Us Is Trash,” RealClear Education, October 29, 2025. ([link removed])


** Anthony J. Sadar
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“Frightening Climate Story Lacks Depth of Climate Knowledge,” Science of Climate Change, vol. 5.3, 2025. ([link removed])


** Alexander W. Salter, Cont.
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“Can the Fed Do What Economists Think It Can?" RealClear Markets, December 15, 2025. ([link removed])

“Salter says Lubbock is doing pretty well, actually," Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, December 12, 2025. ([link removed])

“The Fed’s Unlawful Floor System Pays Banks Billions to Sit on Reserves," The Daily Economy, December 11, 2025. ([link removed])

“Hierarchy, Sacraments, and Christianity’s Unlikely Triumph," Praxis Circle, December 11, 2025. ([link removed])

“Fed officials like the mystique of being seen as financial technocrats, but it’s time to demystify the central bank,” Fortune, December 04, 2025. ([link removed])

“Salter: Next U.S. Rep. from West Texas must act on inflation,” Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, December 03, 2025. ([link removed])

“The Orthodox Case for Economic Freedom” Fusion, November 20, 2025. ([link removed])

“Salter: With Arrington out, an agenda for our next U.S. House Rep. from West Texas,” Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, November 13, 2025. ([link removed])


** Kenin M. Spivak
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“The Immigration and Deportation Conundrums,” RealClear Politics, December 15, 2025. ([link removed])

“Free Speech Requires a Pious Commitment,” RealClear Politics, December 02, 2025. ([link removed])

“The Imperial Judiciary Strikes Back,” RealClear Politics, November 18, 2025. ([link removed])


** Elizabeth Weiss
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"Response to Comment: Antiscientific Laws? A Brief Defence of Repatriation Laws," Journal of Controversial Ideas 5, no. 3: 10, November 11, 2025. ([link removed])

“The Study of California’s Past is Dead and Reburied," Journal of Controversial Ideas 4, no. 2: 17, October 30, 2024. ([link removed])


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