November Newsletter
Parasites, Policy Proposals, and Pending Court Cases

Featured Articles

November 06, 2022

Resisting Racial Preferences: A Retrospective

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars has long opposed the use of racial preferences in college admissions. We hope that the Court will bring an end to racial preferences in higher education with its decisions in the Harvard and UNC cases and restore equality to college admissions.

November 14, 2022

The Extended Parasite: On the Design of the Diversity Bureaucracy [MTC]

Mason Goad

If we seek to excise the diversity bureaucracy, we must understand how its structure was designed to foster blind obedience to authority.

September 23, 2022

Improving Higher Ed Through Better Open-Records Laws [MTC]

Neetu Arnold and Ian Oxnevad

In order to expose the true extent of foreign influence in American higher education, we must reform open-records laws.

Announcements


Fall 2022 Issue of Academic Questions Now Available Online

The newest issue of Academic Questions offers a robust defense of the social and cultural legacy of the liberal arts. Click here to read the issue for free online!

NAS Statement on Louisiana’s Foreign Funding Transparency Bill

The National Association of Scholars congratulates the state of Louisiana for passing a robust foreign funding disclosure requirement for its higher education institutions.

NAS President Peter Wood Addresses the Pending Racial Preferences Cases

Read Dr. Wood's remarks on racial preferences, which he presented at an informal meeting of academics and intellectuals based in New York.

NAS Cuts the Ribbon for Policy Proposals Website Section

Our new policy proposals webpage aims to restore an American education system that fosters intellectual freedom, searches for truth, and promotes virtuous citizenship.

NAS Statement on Stanford University's Belated Apology to Jewish Applicants

Stanford should apologize for the discrimination it is committing now. Apologies delayed a lifetime are mockeries of true remorse.

NAS Statement on Nomination of Ben Sasse for University of Florida President

We believe that Senator Sasse would make an excellent university president, and we urged the Board of Trustees to confirm his nomination.

Academic and Professional Opportunities

Professors are invited to nominate students for the Hertog Foundation’s winter fellowship, Humanities at Hertog. The National Endowment for the Humanities is accepting applications for the Public Scholars program. The School of Public Policy of Pepperdine University invites qualified candidates to apply for the position of Assistant Professor of Public Policy.

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

American Innovation: The Birth of Flight

Join NAS tomorrow at 2 pm ET for the next webinar in our new American Innovation series: “The Birth of Flight.” Register online here.

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 The Virginian by Owen Wister on November 22 and The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett on November 29. 

Media

New Webinar Recordings from NAS

Watch the recordings of NAS's most recent webinars, including The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, The University: Friend or Foe of Science?, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Saving Evolution from Itself, and Right Ideas: Robert Nisbet.

Member Publications

John Ellis

"A More Diverse America Turns Against Racial Preferences" 
Wall Street Journal. October 14, 2022.
 

Jon Fennell

"A Polanyian Encounter with John 3:16-21"
Polanyiana. Forthcoming.

"That Our World Might Endure: Michael Polanyi's 'Primary Education'," in Science, Faith, Society: New Essays on the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi
New York: Springer. Forthcoming.

"Epistemological Foundations of Liberal Education for Democratic Life" [with Timothy L. Simpson]
The Educational Forum. May 06, 2022.
 

Robert Maranto

"What Do We Really Mean by 'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion'?" [with Michael Mills and Catherine Salmon]
The Hill. November 07, 2022.

"On '1619' and Other School Culture Wars: A case for pluralism and accuracy"
National School Boards Association. November 01, 2022.

Lee Oser

"Shakespeare and God" [podcast with Mark Bauerlein]
First Things. October 24, 2022.
 

Richard P. Phelps

The Malfunction of US Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness 
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. April 2023 (forthcoming).
 
"Subtractive Scholarship"
Academe Blog. October 13, 2022.
 

Kenin M. Spivak

American Mind. November 04, 2022.
 
The American Mind. October 26, 2022.
 

William H. Young

"Congress Finally Acts"
National Association of Scholars. November 08, 2022.


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