Those who thought academia couldn’t get more trivial might do a face palm over the trend toward gaming in higher education. “Several courses in my department at the University of Michigan have been gamified,” Kentaro…
Articles By: Malcolm A. Kline
Academics Want Your IRAs
When academics are ready to fix a problem, hold onto your wallets. “America’s middle class faces a growing retirement crisis,” Christian Weller and Teresa Ghilarducci write in an issue brief for the Center for American…
Truly Gun-Free Zones
There may be a solution to school shootings, but liberals might not want to hear it because it involves either calling the cops or carrying a gun. “Dr. J. Eric Dietz, director of Purdue University’s…
Trick or Treat: Schools Hoard Endowment Money
Most colleges and universities are quick to push for expanded student aid from taxpayers but forget that age-old maxim: charity begins at home. “Last year, Yale paid about $480 million to private equity fund managers…
Health Care Rationing, from a Professor’s Perspective
It’s really dangerous, for patients anyway, when policy wonks decide what type of health care is necessary. “In popular understanding, rising health-care spending is often viewed as an inevitable consequence of advances in medical technology,…
Reading Racial Tea Leaves at University of Maryland
In this era of racial unrest, academic efforts to achieve understanding are welcome. Unfortunately, opportunities to misinterpret abound in academe. “Younger generations have made great strides,” Liam Farrell of the University of Maryland writes in…
Where Microaggressions Come From
If, like some of us of a certain age, you wondered where the exotic term “microaggressions” comes from, the answer is that, like many maladies that bedevil us, it started in the 1970s, and in…
Government Inadvertently Promotes Chastity
My old boss, M. Stanton Evans, loved to tell a joke centered around the late Senator Jesse Helms, R-NC, a conservative icon: “Jesse Helms announced that he is now in favor of sex education in…
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Millennial Author Demetrius Minor Featured at AIA’s Upcoming Author’s Night
Many claim to speak for millennials but Accuracy in Academia’s next author’s night features a conservative millennial writer who can speak for himself, and who encourages other members of his generation to do the same….
Hispanic Contributions to American Independence
As Hispanic Heritage Month draws to a close, it is worth remembering the contributions that Hispanics have made to American independence. “Many Americans of Hispanic origin have received deserved praise,” Alejandro Chafuen of the Atlas…