July Newsletter
Confucius Institutes, Title IX,
and Flimsy Food Findings

Featured Articles

July 12, 2022

Shifting Sands: Flimsy Food Findings

David Randall, Warren Kindzierski, and Stanley Young

The National Association of Scholars’ project Shifting Sands: Unsound Science and Unsafe Regulation examines the irreproducible science that undergirds many federal agencies’ policies and regulations. This second report in the Shifting Sands series focuses on irreproducible research in the field of nutritional epidemiology, which informs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s nutrition policies.

July 05, 2022

Learning From Asian-American Success

Neetu Arnold

Life is not a zero-sum game. The successes of some should inspire others to do better, not fuel bitterness and envy.

June 24, 2022

Biden’s Proposed Title IX Rule Guts Campus Due Process and Imposes Gender Ideology

National Association of Scholars

The proposed rule removes requirements for live hearings and cross examination and redefines “sex” to include sexual orientation.

June 15, 2022

After Confucius Institutes

Rachelle Peterson, Flora Yan, and Ian Oxnevad

A new report from NAS finds that colleges and universities continue to host Chinese-funded programs similar to Confucius Institutes under new names even after public and legislative scrutiny.

Announcements


Report Finds Utah’s Civics Mandate Is Undermined by Growing DEI Bureaucracy

Utah’s law requiring students at public universities to study American history and government fails to guarantee a robust civics education for all students.

Texas A&M Evades Foreign Gift Reporting Requirements with over $100 Million in Donations

New research from NAS Senior Research Associate Neetu Arnold exposes how the Texas A&M University System hid nearly $100 million in foreign funds from Russia and Qatar.

Tracker: Legislative Measures on Confucius Institutes

Use this new bill tracker to discover what actions legislators are taking to prevent foreign influence on college campuses.

Government Education Jobs

Are you looking for a job? Check out our list of U.S. Government jobs pertaining to the education sector. Click here to access our pdf of government job websites.

Events

The Student Loan Crisis: What You Aren’t Hearing

Join NAS tomorrow at 2pm ET for a discussion of the student loan crisis and the skyrocketing cost of college in America. Register online here.

Science in an Age of Unreason

Join NAS next Friday, July 22nd, at 3pm ET, as we discuss the future of science in an age of unreason. Click here to register.

Celebrating America: A Webinar Series from the NAS

Join NAS for events on American history and literature. Our next events in the Celebrating America series include Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe on July 19th and Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry on July 26th. View and register for these events and more here. View and register for these events and more here.

Media

New Webinar Recordings from NAS

Watch the recordings of the National Association of Scholars’ most recent webinars, including Shifting Sands: Flimsy Food FindingsEducating for Citizenship, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Scientific Culture, After Confucius Institutes, and Pandemic Power.

Member Publications

Jon Fennell

“Michael Polanyi and the Theologico-Political Problem”
Quaestiones Disputatae, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 2022), pp. 187-212.
 
“A Polanyian Rationale for a Liberal Arts Core Curriculum?” [with Timothy Simpson]
Theory and Research in Education, Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 2021), pp. 19-39.
 

Robert Maranto

“Happy Birthday, Mel Brooks!”
RealClearHistory. June 29, 2022.
 
“Cut Their Pay and Make Them Teach” [with Catherine Salmon and Lee Jussim]
RealClearEducation. June 09, 2022.
 

George H. Nash

“Conservatism and Its Current Discontents: A Survey and a Modest Proposal”
Religion & Liberty, Vol. 35, Nos. 1 & 2 (Winter - Spring 2022).
 

Kenin M. Spivak

“Patriotism Starts in the Classroom”
National Review. July 03, 2022.
 
“Biden Plays Pretend”
American Mind. July 01, 2022.
 


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