DoJ Sues Yale, ED Investigates Princeton, Trump Bans CRT
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October Newsletter
DoJ Sues Yale, ED Investigates Princeton, Trump Bans CRT
** Featured Articles
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October 9, 2020
** Department of Justice Sues Yale for Racial Discrimination in Admissions ([link removed][UNIQID])
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John David
In August, Yale College was warned that it must make changes to its racially discriminatory admissions practices. It failed to do so and now faces a federal lawsuit.
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October 6, 2020
** Pulitzer Board Must Revoke Nikole Hannah-Jones' Prize ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Peter Wood
We call on the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind the 2020 Prize for Commentary awarded to Nikole Hannah-Jones for her lead essay in “The 1619 Project.”
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October 6, 2020
** Music Theory, Narrative Constriction, and the Fix We’re In ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Erich Korngold
How did the obscure field of Schenkerian music theory become the latest cancel culture battleground?
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September 21, 2020
** ED to Investigate Princeton Following Admission of “Systemic Racism” ([link removed][UNIQID])
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John David
The Department of Education has launched a probe into Princeton University after President Eisgruber admitted to his institution’s "embedded" systemic racism.
** Announcements
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** ED and DOS Issue Urgent Warning About Chinese Influence in American Schools ([link removed][UNIQID])
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NAS commends the Education and State Depts. for issuing two joint letters urging American education leaders to investigate possible Chinese government influence in their schools.
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** Trump Orders No Federal Funding for CRT and Stereotyping ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Last month, the president took two key actions affecting higher ed: a memorandum tackling Critical Race Theory and Executive Order 13950.
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** Higher Ed Leadership Takes on Racism ([link removed][UNIQID])
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NAS has published over 300 statements from colleges, universities, and educational institutions that illustrate the lengths to which higher ed leaders have gone to elevate racial conflict.
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** Peter Wood Speaks at the White House Conference on American History ([link removed][UNIQID])
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NAS President Peter Wood spoke at the first ever White House Conference on American History, illustrating how campus radicals and violent protesters are often cut from the same cloth.
** Events
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** All the King's Horses and Men: The Royal Stables of Renaissance Spain ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Join the National Association of Scholars for an online lecture and Q&A on Wednesday, October 21st at 2 pm ET.
** Media
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** New Episodes of Curriculum Vitae! ([link removed][UNIQID])
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After a brief hiatus, NAS's podcast Curriculum Vitae is back! Click here ([link removed][UNIQID]) for access to three new episodes, including "Anti-Racism and Illiberal Education ([link removed][UNIQID]) " with Steve Hayward, "Race in America Today ([link removed][UNIQID]) " with Wilfred Reilly, and "Legally Wrong: When Courts and Science Meet ([link removed][UNIQID]) " with Nathan Schachtman.
** Member Publications
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** Roland Alum
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"El fallido boicot vs. Goya ([link removed][UNIQID]) " (The failed boycott vs. Goya)
Periódico Cubano. July 20, 2020.
** John M. Ellis
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"‘Cultural Imperialism’ on Campus ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
RealClearBooks. September 18, 2020.
"College After COVID ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
Claremont Review of Books. Fall 2020.
** Larry Greenfield
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"Anti-Slavery Was Built Into the American Founding ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
Jewish Journal. September 16, 2020.
** Jim A. Kuypers
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President Trump and the News Media: Moral Foundations, Framing, and the Nature of Press Bias in America ([link removed][UNIQID])
Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020.
** Robert Maranto
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"It’s the Tradeoffs, Stupid: Six Thoughts on COVID-19 and Reopening Schools ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
Discourse. October 13, 2020.
"Biden should combat Democratic intolerance of fundamentalist Christians ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
New York Daily News. September 23, 2020.
"OPINION: Football aside, politics isn’t influencing school pandemic plans ([link removed][UNIQID]) " [with David Marshall and Martha Bradley-Dorsey]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 21, 2020.
"Making Violence Transparent: Ranking Police Departments in Major U.S. Cities to Make Black Lives Matter ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
Public Integrity. September 18, 2020.
"Attacks on Homeschooling ([link removed][UNIQID]) " [with Mark Bauerlein]
First Things. September 03, 2020.
** Henry Nau
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"What Trump Gets Right About U.S. Foreign Policy ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
The National Interest. April 30, 2020.
** Mark Pulliam
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"Slouching Toward Totalitarianism ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
Law & Liberty. October 13, 2020.
** Dennis Saffran
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"Eat the Rich ([link removed][UNIQID]) "
American Greatness. October 03, 2020.
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