A man who Accuracy in Academia rarely sees eye-to-eye with nonetheless makes a good point in the October 8, 2010 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Monthly Archives For October 2010
Advanced Placement of Malaprops
When you run into malaprops among Advanced Placement students, you really have to ruminate over the condition of education.
Modern-Day Voltaires
“The Tea Party Movement, otherwise known as the Great Peasant Revolt of 2010, has been greeted by the country’s ruling class with all the sympathy that Voltaire expressed toward the Catholic Church: ‘Kill the infamous thing!’”— Dr. Marvin Folkertsma, political science professor, Grove City College.
Warming In Our Time
Yale economist compares global warming skeptics to Hitler-appeasing Neville Chamberlain.
Subsidizing Questionable Science
When there is no private sector push for a scientific breakthrough, maybe it is not such a breakthrough after all.
Christians Have Talent Too
Chicago, IL – Liberty Counsel warned the Itasca Public School District that it cannot censor two students, Christiana and Gloryanne Gatbunton, who wanted to sing portions of the song “Call on Jesus” in the talent show at the Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School just outside of Chicago.
Subsidized Professors Reject Transparency
Professors dependent on government subsidies in Texas are complaining about a new law there that forces them to let their students know what is in their courses before they are trapped in their classrooms.
Academia Resists Reform Efforts
Attempts to reform higher education usually result in the object of those efforts digging in its heels.
Pro-Life Feminism
Is not an oxymoron as you will see in the October issue of Accuracy in Academia’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
CINO Link
Pro-lifers who think they have found safe spaces in Catholic colleges and universities may want to visit the web sites of those institutions of higher learning.