September Newsletter
Corrupting the College Board, ED Protects First Amendment, and “Slavery or Freedom”

Featured Articles
September 10, 2020

Corrupting the College Board

Rachelle Peterson

In exchange for generous Chinese government funding, the College Board has given China strategic access to American K-12 education. Since at least 2003, the College Board has sponsored Confucius Institutes at K-12 schools, served as a recruiter for Chinese government programs, and helped the Chinese Communist Party design and gain control over American teacher training programs.

This report details the College Board’s corruption by the Chinese government and outlines key policy changes to protect and restore the integrity of the American education system.
September 11, 2020

UNT Officials Continue Assault on Academic Freedom

National Association of Scholars

The University of North Texas has continued its harassing investigation of music theory professor Timothy Jackson despite calls to stand down. We have now made our letters to UNT leadership public.
September 01, 2020

Defending our Universities from the Ideological Onslaught: An Invitation to Action

Adam Ellwanger

A newly penned open letter by Dr. Ellwanger, one that not only states opposition to current trends in higher education, but also outlines specific ways that we may resist them.

Announcements

NAS Commends the Education Department's Protection of the First Amendment on Campus

ED's new rule, Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities, helps protect First Amendment rights at American colleges and universities.

NAS Applauds the Newly Drafted ATHENAI Act

The Athenai Institute has drafted the Action to Halt the Expansion of Neo-Authoritarian Influence Act, a model state bill which would require Confucius Institutes to close by 2021.

Events

Slavery or Freedom: The Conception of America

There are still four days left in our week-long conference examining The New York Times’ 1619 Project and its alternatives. Register for the remaining webinars here.

Media

1776 v. 1619

Was America founded on the idea of liberty or on the brutality of slavery? Wilfred M. McClay and Robert Woodson answer that question and more in this replay of NAS's August 27 webinar.

Member Publications

Roland Alum

Mark Bauerlein

"Thou Shalt Admit Thy Guilt—Or Maybe Not"
The Epoch Times. August 23, 2020.
 

Jan H. Blits

The Tragedy of Coriolanus [Editing, Introduction, and Notes]
Cambridge, MA: Hackett Publishing, Focus Books, 2020.
 

John M. Ellis

"The real problem of the one-party campus"
The Hill. September 13, 2020.
 
"What Do We Know About the Effectiveness of Higher Education?"
The Epoch Times. August 26, 2020.
 
"Campus Culture Seizes the Streets"
The Wall Street Journal. July 5, 2020.
 

Steven Frankel & Martin D. Yaffe

Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Tocqueville
University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2020.
 

David C. Innes

William Murchison

"The Liars Among Us"
Creators Syndicate. September 01, 2020.
 

Michael Potts

"Narcissistic Subjectivism, the Transcendence of Truth, and Academic Freedom"
Journal of Faith and the Academy. 13 (Spring 2020): 40-56.
 

Dennis Saffran

"The Left and NeverTrumpers Justify Murder for Political Disagreement"
American Greatness. September 02, 2020.
 
"Farewell, Nettie"
City Journal. August 18, 2020.
 

Sandra Stotsky

Kevin Stuart & DeAnn Barta Stuart

"Behind Closed Doors: Public Restrooms and the Fight for Women's Equality"
Texas Review of Law & Politics 24, No. 1 (2019): 1-39.
 

Noël Valis

"An Ordinary Life"
First Things (March 2020).
 


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