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[quote=Anonymous]In fairness to the NAS, there should be no question about their stance.  So, this is who they are.  What you believe is how you base your opinions, liberal or conservative.

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The National Association of Scholars opposes campus speech codes, which they argue violate the First Amendment. The NAS strongly objects to racial and gender preferences in college admissions and hiring, but states that it does not oppose all forms of affirmative action. Time Magazine in 1991 called NAS the "faculty opposition to the excesses of multiculturalism."[11] The NAS describes its main work as the defense of "the core values of liberal higher education."[3]

William A. Donohue, former NAS board member[12] and leader of the politically conservative Catholic League,[13] writes in American Conservatism: an Encyclopedia (2006) that the NAS wishes "to foster renewed respect for the proposition that rational discourse and scholarship are the basis of academic life" and to emphasize "the Western commitment to freedom and democracy."[14] On the other hand, Jacob Weisberg stated in 1991 that NAS is "prone to conflating its admirable ideals with far less compelling political prejudices."[15]

Since its founding, NAS has released six official policy statements.

“The Wrong Way to Admit the Other Half: Why We Oppose Class-Based Affirmative Action” (June 2013) critiques class-based affirmative action for undermining the principle of individual merit.[16]

“Fixing Sustainability and Sustaining Higher Education” (April 2011) recommended that colleges and universities protect the academic freedom of scientists who express skepticism of man-made global warming and treat the campus sustainability movement as an object of inquiry rather than a body of precepts.[17]

“Rebuilding Campus Community: The Wrong Imperative” (July 2008) expressed concern over the proliferation of non-curricular, typically residential, programs instructing students in progressive ideologies of social change.[18]

“Sexual Harassment and Academic Freedom” (January 1993) urged colleges and universities to respond to instances of sexual harassment promptly and firmly and to avoid vague definitions of harassment.[19]

“The Wrong Way to Reduce Campus Tensions” (January 1991) articulated NAS’s belief that individual evaluation on the basis of personal merit is central to achieving educational opportunity for all and to maintaining academic community.[20]

“Is the Curriculum Biased?” (November 1989) defends Western Civilization courses.[21]

NAS describes its mission as “to foster intellectual freedom and to sustain the tradition of reasoned scholarship and civil debate.”[22] It publishes research articles and commentary on its website, including arguments on both sides of debated issues. After the Climatic Research Unit email controversy (also known as "Climategate"), NAS published articles by Kerry Emanuel, an MIT professor of atmospheric sciences, defending the science of global warming[23] and by H. Sterling Burnett, an environmental ethics Ph.D., expressing skepticism about climate change.[24] NAS has also published articles in favor of[25] and against[26] the new Common Core State Standards Initiative for K-12 education, and articles defending[27] and criticizing[28] online education.[/quote]

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