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Peter Wood

Peter Wood is president of the National Association of Scholars and author of “1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project.”
  • What Happened to ‘Do No Harm’?
    May 11, 2026

    What Happened to ‘Do No Harm’?

    Modern medicine’s expanding definition of health is shaking its ethical foundations.
  • I’m Grading Like I Mean It
    April 30, 2026

    I’m Grading Like I Mean It

    Yale says the right things about trust but cannot bring itself to act on them.
  • How the SPLC Impoverished Higher Education
    April 29, 2026

    How the SPLC Impoverished Higher Education

    Through partnerships and cultural influence the SPLC normalized deplatforming and weakened academic debate.
  • Another Painful Moment in the Lopsided Decline of American Higher Education
    April 27, 2026

    Another Painful Moment in the Lopsided Decline of American Higher Education

    An overbuilt system faces declining demand, financial strain, and growing uncertainty about the value of a degree.
  • Commencement Politics Are Back
    April 21, 2026

    Commencement Politics Are Back

    With no Trump officials invited, campuses signal a return to ideological comfort.
  • Disenrollment
    April 21, 2026

    Disenrollment

    Higher education’s lopsided decline.
  • A Cancelled Professor Wrote a Thriller
    March 4, 2026

    A Cancelled Professor Wrote a Thriller

    After being driven out of academia, Scott Gerber turned his legal insight into a thriller drawn from the darkest corners of modern crime.
  • Maximum Damage, Minimum Cost
    February 27, 2026

    Maximum Damage, Minimum Cost

    On February 27, 1776…
  • An Ivy League President Breaks Ranks
    February 9, 2026

    An Ivy League President Breaks Ranks

    Could a rare moment of candor change how elite universities respond to public skepticism?
  • Day After Day
    February 6, 2026

    Day After Day

    The National Association of Scholars calendar revels in the unexpected.
  • Don’t Mistake Enrollment Gains for Renewed Confidence
    December 18, 2025

    Don’t Mistake Enrollment Gains for Renewed Confidence

  • What the New International Enrollment Drop Really Shows
    December 17, 2025

    What the New International Enrollment Drop Really Shows

  • A Small Act of Thievery in Vermont
    December 10, 2025

    A Small Act of Thievery in Vermont

  • Standards? At Princeton?
    November 12, 2025

    Standards? At Princeton?

  • Freedom as a Gambit
    November 7, 2025

    Freedom as a Gambit

  • Why Universities Should Welcome (and Sign) Trump’s Compact
    October 29, 2025

    Why Universities Should Welcome (and Sign) Trump’s Compact

  • What is the National Association of Scholars?
    October 22, 2025

    What is the National Association of Scholars?

  • It Was a Gamble
    October 13, 2025

    It Was a Gamble

  • Charlie Kirk Fought for an Education That Restores American Faith and Values
    September 10, 2025

    Charlie Kirk Fought for an Education That Restores American Faith and Values

  • FIRE Overstates Conservative Censorship on Campus
    September 10, 2025

    FIRE Overstates Conservative Censorship on Campus

  • Education Department Finds GMU Violated Civil Rights Law—Excellent News, but the University Is Digging In
    August 26, 2025

    Education Department Finds GMU Violated Civil Rights Law—Excellent News, but the University Is Digging In

  • A Shooting, a Hula Hoop, and the City We Live In
    July 29, 2025

    A Shooting, a Hula Hoop, and the City We Live In

  • What Should We Look for in a College President?
    July 28, 2025

    What Should We Look for in a College President?

  • In Memoriam: Marilyn Penn
    July 28, 2025

    In Memoriam: Marilyn Penn

  • In Memory of Sol Stern
    July 15, 2025

    In Memory of Sol Stern

  • Diplomacy with a Loaded Musket
    July 5, 2025

    Diplomacy with a Loaded Musket

  • Whom Does Harvard Owe?
    June 25, 2025

    Whom Does Harvard Owe?

  • Congress’s Workforce Pell Plan Will Fund Another Education Boondoggle
    June 19, 2025

    Congress’s Workforce Pell Plan Will Fund Another Education Boondoggle

  • One Hill Sold, a Revolution Gained
    June 17, 2025

    One Hill Sold, a Revolution Gained

  • They Drop the Chants but Miss the Canon
    June 3, 2025

    They Drop the Chants but Miss the Canon

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