Biden’s First Moves, Cancel Culture Galore, and a New Report on Student Debt
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February Newsletter
Biden’s First Moves, Cancel Culture Galore, and
a New Report on Student Debt
** Featured Articles
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February 11, 2021
** Scholars Call for Biden to Reinstate Transparency for Confucius Institutes ([link removed])
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President Biden has quietly withdrawn a Trump Administration policy proposal that would have required all colleges and K-12 schools to disclose any ties with Confucius Institutes.
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February 03, 2021
** An Open Letter to Daniele Struppa, President of Chapman University ([link removed])
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Peter Wood
Professor John Eastman filed a brief and spoke at the January 6th rally in support of former President Trump. He was then unfairly defamed for "inciting violence" and pressured to retire.
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February 01, 2021
** UCF Fires Charles Negy Following Pretextual Investigation ([link removed])
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David Acevedo
The University of Central Florida has fired Professor Charles Negy after an investigation that the school appeared to launch in response to his controversial Tweets.
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January 25, 2021
** A Canceled Music Theorist Fights Back ([link removed])
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David Randall
Professor Timothy Jackson has initiated a lawsuit against the University of North Texas, to seek redress for the harm done to him after his defense of music theorist Heinrich Schenker.
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January 22, 2021
** Biden Signals Return to Pseudo-History and Race and Sex Stereotyping ([link removed])
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In one fell swoop, President Biden has disbanded Trump's 1776 Commission and reversed an executive order banning race and sex stereotyping. This does not bode well for American education.
** Announcements
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** FIRE to Launch Faculty Legal Defense Fund ([link removed])
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Next month, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ([link removed]) will launch a new Faculty Legal Defense Fund that will provide free legal representation to public college faculty members who need it.
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** The Fund for American Studies Announces Summer Internships ([link removed])
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TFAS is now accepting applications for its summer internships, including tracks in International Affairs ([link removed]) , Journalism + Communications ([link removed]) , Public Policy + Economics ([link removed]) , Business + Government Relations ([link removed]) , and Leadership + the American Presidency ([link removed]) .
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** Jon Westling, R.I.P. ([link removed])
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Jon Westling, a former president of Boston University, died on January 15. Here, NAS President Peter Wood provides his tribute and reminiscence.
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** Government Education Jobs ([link removed])
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Every month the National Association of Scholars will post a list of U.S. Government jobs pertaining to the education sector. Click here to access our excel spreadsheet of current job opportunities ([link removed]) . (Updated February 03, 2021).
** Events
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** Woke and Broke: Administrative Bloat and Student Debt ([link removed])
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Join NAS for the launch of a new report, Priced Out: What College Costs America, on March 4th. The event will be hosted both online and in-person. More details here ([link removed]) .
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** Martin Center Hosts Webinar on Intellectual Diversity ([link removed])
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On Thursday, February 18 from 2pm-3:30pm, The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal is hosting a webinar, “Political Reality on North Carolina Campuses.” The event features George La Noue, Sarah Treul, and David Powers. Register here ([link removed]) .
** Media
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** Fringe History, Flawed Scholarship ([link removed])
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Why 1619, and not 1620, or 1776, as the "nation's true founding?" Watch our webinar featuring Phil Magness, Robert Paquette, Ian Rowe, and Peter W. Wood to learn more.
** Member Publications
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** Roland Alum
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"¿Absolverá la Historia a Estrada Palma? ([link removed]) " [Will History Absolve Estrada Palma?]
La Ilustración Liberal. [The Liberal Illustration] (Madrid); No.82-83, Summ./2020.
"Álvaro Ínsua ([link removed]) "
Anthropology News. August 7, 2020.
** J. Daryl Charles
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The Unformed Conscience of Evangelicalism: Recovering the Church’s Moral Vision ([link removed])
Dallas, TX: Fontes Press, 2020.
Common Grace: God’s Gifts for a Fallen World: Volume 3 ([link removed]) [co-editor]
Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020.
"John Paul II at 100: A Protestant Appreciation ([link removed]) "
Touchstone. (September/October 2020).
** John M. Ellis
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"University Indoctrination: How it Started and How to Stop It ([link removed]) " [panel discussion with Allen Guelzo, Anna Miller, and Scott Yenor]
Heritage Foundation. February 12, 2021.
"Left Radicals Exploit African Americans ([link removed]) "
American Thinker. January 17, 2021.
"Cancel Culture Follies ([link removed]) "
The Epoch Times. January 16, 2021.
** Robert Anthony Maranto
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"History, Heritage, and the Many Troubles with 1619 ([link removed]) "
Minding the Campus. February 10, 2021.
** Robert Anthony Maranto and Craig Frisby
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"Biden starts on the wrong foot: Diversity training divides rather than unites ([link removed]) "
The Hill. January 28, 2021.
** Peter Minowitz
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"Reconciliation Begins at Home: Two Pleas for Post-Trump Academic Life ([link removed]) "
RealClearEducation. January 04, 2021.
** James W. Muller
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"It took 120 years… the last word (and ALL the words) on Churchill’s The River War ([link removed]) "
Churchill Book Collector. August, 2020.
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