The good news is that Berkeley produces a skewed world view. The bad news is that it provides an all too accurate microcosm of academia.
Articles By: Malcolm A. Kline
Consensus on Academic Bloat
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beloved Utopian
Accuracy in Academia has lost a dear friend and peerless contributor with the passing of modern-day man of letters Joe Sobran.