Peter Wood
Peter Wood is the president of the National Association of Scholars. A former professor of anthropology and college provost, he is the author of several books about American culture, including Diversity: The Invention of a Concept (2003) and Wrath: America Enraged (2021). He is the editor in chief of the journal Academic Questions and a widely published essayist. In 2019 he received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Prize for contributions to academic freedom.
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A Case for Historical Clarity
How a false origin myth became a weapon against the nation that defines freedom for the world.
We Need a Reckoning on the 1619 Project
It is impossible to say how deeply and how widely the destructive Left's false history has seeped into K-12 curriculum.
Can the Department of Education Be Used for Good?
The same funding leverage that enforces woke orthodoxy could be applied in service of an anti-woke agenda by a GOP administration.
Three Pillars of Education
The university must be founded on more than mere free speech if it is to serve its truth-seeking mission.
Woke Plagiarism
Claudine Gay’s plagiarism isn’t a matter of ‘inadequate citation.’ It was straightforward theft. Harvard…
The Woke College President
“Social justice” college presidents are hostage to their own rhetoric and to the woke coalition that elevated them to their…
Higher Ed Support for Hamas Exposes Disdain for America in Top Colleges
Why are American academics and American college students so drawn to an antisemitic movement? If you…