Word: nas
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...group, Teachers for a Democratic Culture, was created to oppose charges by organizations such as the National Association of Scholars (NAS) that "political correctness" has endangered free speech and stifled academic debate on America's college campuses...
According to NAS's official literature, the group is "devoted to preserving the traditional western curriculum" and disclaims the importance of PC areas of scholarship such as women's studies and Afro-American studies...
...Says the NAS statement, "an examination of many women's studies and minority studies courses and programs disclose little study of other cultures, but maintains that too often these fields are put into the curriculum for political, not academic reasons...
...organization has gained popularity not only among conservative scholars, but also among liberals at schools such as Duke University. Says Wilson, NAS has evolved to include people on both sides of the political spectrum...
...NAS is a group of academic libertarians," Wilson says. "It has both liberal and conservative thinkers. The group argues for the libertarian view against excess...