October Newsletter
DoJ Sues Yale, ED Investigates Princeton, Trump Bans CRT

Featured Articles

October 9, 2020

Department of Justice Sues Yale for Racial Discrimination in Admissions

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.

October 6, 2020

Pulitzer Board Must Revoke Nikole Hannah-Jones' Prize

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.”

October 6, 2020

Music Theory, Narrative Constriction, and the Fix We’re In

Erich Korngold

How did the obscure field of Schenkerian music theory become the latest cancel culture battleground?

September 21, 2020

ED to Investigate Princeton Following Admission of “Systemic Racism”

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


ED and DOS Issue Urgent Warning About Chinese Influence in American Schools

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.

Trump Orders No Federal Funding for CRT and Stereotyping

Last month, the president took two key actions affecting higher ed: a memorandum tackling Critical Race Theory and Executive Order 13950.

Higher Ed Leadership Takes on Racism

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.

Peter Wood Speaks at the White House Conference on American History

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

All the King's Horses and Men: The Royal Stables of Renaissance Spain

Join the National Association of Scholars for an online lecture and Q&A on Wednesday, October 21st at 2 pm ET.

Media

New Episodes of Curriculum Vitae!

After a brief hiatus, NAS's podcast Curriculum Vitae is back! Click here for access to three new episodes, including "Anti-Racism and Illiberal Education" with Steve Hayward, "Race in America Today" with Wilfred Reilly, and "Legally Wrong: When Courts and Science Meet" with Nathan Schachtman.

Member Publications

Roland Alum

"El fallido boicot vs. Goya" (The failed boycott vs. Goya)
Periódico Cubano. July 20, 2020.
 

John M. Ellis

"‘Cultural Imperialism’ on Campus"
RealClearBooks. September 18, 2020.

"College After COVID"
Claremont Review of Books. Fall 2020.
 

Larry Greenfield

"Anti-Slavery Was Built Into the American Founding"
Jewish Journal. September 16, 2020.
 

Jim A. Kuypers

Robert Maranto

"OPINION: Football aside, politics isn’t influencing school pandemic plans" [with David Marshall and Martha Bradley-Dorsey]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 21, 2020.
 
"Attacks on Homeschooling" [with Mark Bauerlein]
First Things. September 03, 2020.
 

Henry Nau

"What Trump Gets Right About U.S. Foreign Policy"
The National Interest. April 30, 2020.
 

Mark Pulliam

"Slouching Toward Totalitarianism"
Law & Liberty. October 13, 2020.
 

Dennis Saffran

"Eat the Rich"
American Greatness. October 03, 2020.
 


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