The National Association of Scholars (NAS) is now entering its twentieth year. The organization has grown over ten-fold since their national launch. When NAS made its debut, today's extensive infrastructure for higher education reform did not yet exist. In this article, the author discusses the contributions of NAS to the academe. The author also explains how NAS was the first to attempt to restore the academic pluralism in higher education when it greatly diminished over the last four decades. (Contains 1 note.)