June Newsletter
Federal Student Loans, Texas H.B. 3979,
and NAS Job Openings

Featured Articles

June 07, 2021

The Federal Student Loan System Isn't Worth It for Students or Taxpayers

Neetu Arnold

Policymakers must confront the stark reality that the federal student loan system is hopelessly broken. American students would be better off without it.

June 07, 2021

Texas Makes History and Passes H.B. 3979

David Randall

Texas has just passed the first law in the country to ban both Action Civics and the key elements of Critical Race Theory. (Read the full bill, signed into law by Gov. Abbott yesterday, here).

May 24, 2021

The Jay Bergman Debacle: An Extended Study in Academic Cancel Culture

Peter Wood

CCSU Professor of History and long-time NAS Board member Jay Bergman is under fire from colleagues, school superintendents, and the local media. His crime? Criticizing the 1619 Project.

May 20, 2021

Shifting Sands: Keeping Count of Government Science: P-Value Plotting, P-Hacking, and PM2.5 Regulation

David Randall, Warren Kindzierski and Stanley Young

Shifting Sands: Unsound Science and Unsafe Regulation examines how irreproducible science affects select areas of government policy and regulation governed by different federal agencies. This first report focuses on irreproducible research in the field of environmental epidemiology.

Announcements


NAS is Hiring!

The National Association of Scholars has two job openings—Leader Researcher: DEI in the Sciences Project and Communications Associate. To read more and download the two job descriptions, click here.

Introducing John Sailer, Keeping the Republic Project Lead

Please join us in welcoming NAS's newest staff member, who will be assisting David Randall in our new Keeping the Republic Project.

In Memoriam: Foster Friess

The National Association of Scholars mourns the passing of Foster S. Friess, a generous donor to NAS and many other organizations.

Government Education Jobs

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. (Updated June 02, 2021).

Events

Fighting for Academic Freedom in America, Canada, and Britain

Join the National Association of Scholars tomorrow, June 17th, at 2 pm ET for a webinar event as we speak with leaders in the fight for academic freedom from the United States, Canada, and Britain.

1815: The Miracle at New Orleans

Join NAS and our commentators, Donald Hickey, Brian Kilmeade, and Joseph F. Stoltz, on June 22nd at 2 pm ET as we discuss the final battle of the War of 1812.

Media

1803: Corps of Discovery: Lewis & Clark’s Expedition West

Watch our webinar discussion on the motivations and effects of the Lewis & Clark expedition.

Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)

What does Stegner's writing tell us about the nature of place and the importance of understanding one's history? View the replay of our June 1 webinar to find out.

Shifting Sands Launch

Watch the launch of Shifting Sands as the report authors explain how the reproducibility crisis affects public policy and federal regulations.

Member Publications

Roland Alum

"Requiem for Álvaro Ínsua--A Casualty of Anthropological Research in Cuba—Chapter 1"
Panoramas [University of Pittsburgh]. March 06, 2021.
 

J. R. Hall

Robert Maranto

"Slavery does not define U.S. history. Freedom does."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 14, 2021.
 

James W. Muller

The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan
South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press. April 2021.
 


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