Often we find that what is most revealing in covering the higher education beat is what academics reveal about themselves.
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Current Wisdom 2012
Here is the first part of Accuracy in Academia’s compendium of current wisdom for 2012.
Obama U
We’ve been posting regular updates on the unprecedented run of Obama Administration veterans who have decamped for academe but the University of Chicago just landed a very big one.
Intolerance of Berkeley
Private corporations and foundations can do whatever they want but one would think that the bigger ones would do a bit more research before endowing politically correct administrators with their prestige.
Circular Logic on Constitution
A Constitutional law professor at Georgetown claims the Constitution is useless because nobody follows it. “When you see how the law works up close, you just cannot miss the tremendous gap between the story law…
Higher Education, Fund Thyself
Martin Kich of Wright State University has assigned blame for the student debt crisis to a variety of factors but missed an obvious one—colleges and universities themselves.
NAACP & Teacher’s Unions
The venerable NAACP has issued its first call to arms for education in nearly a decade.
Academics Of The World Unite!
For years, intellectuals—particularly the academic variety—have proclaimed their solidarity with “the working class” but for one of them, this self-identification goes much deeper.
Pillar of Georgetown
Not many would link the CIA acronym with academia but there is a surprising overlap between them.
Service Learning For Elites
If you thought service learning involved helping the unfortunate, you have no idea how expansively universities define the concept of “needy:”union organizing and faculty associations make the grade.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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