A Wharton School economist went a long way towards diagnosing the causes of the explosion in federal disability insurance costs but couldn’t quite bring himself to go the distance.
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Sociologist Diagnoses President Obama
An African-American sociologist recently offered a diagnosis of America’s first African-American president.
Quantity without Quality
Parents, students and taxpayers ultimately footing the bill for the epic cost of college should have buyers’ remorse.
AIA @ 28 & Counting
A problem faced by both Accuracy in Academia and its big sister organization Accuracy in Media: Our goal—an accurate elite—seems ever more elusive by the year.
House GOP Identity Crisis
On higher education, as on a host of issues, U. S. House Republicans offer unique criticisms, then wind up proposing solutions to crises that resemble those of the Democratic Party.
Sustainability Behind The Curve
Although universities have long been envisaged as incubators of new ideas, in actuality they usually provide life support to concepts long-time passed.
Bad As It Gets
Author M. Stanton Evans got an early lesson in his law of inadequate paranoia: “No matter how bad you think things are, when you look into them you find that they are a lot worse.”
Another Bubble: Law Schools
Apparently, we’re living in the age of bubbles—housing, financial, etc. The only thing they don’t have is their own reality show. The next one is about to burst all over the legal profession.
What We Can Learn
Perhaps today’s “thought leaders” would think more clearly if they spent more time studying the thinkers of the past.
The Real Roaring 20s
When you read history after you graduate, you invariably come away with a startling realization: Everything that you have been taught is wrong.