The Department of Education has started requiring universities that receive federal funding for Middle East Studies centers to report on how their programs are including diverse perspectives and a wide range of views. This is…
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Our Top Ten Stories of 2015
Here are our top ten stories from 2015: 1. George W. Bush, Reappraised? Sort Of Wait, people praising George W. Bush? Surprisingly, we found some evidence of it. 2. Anti-Semitism on Campus 2015 Everyone is…
Ronald Reagan’s Christmas Message
As we celebrate Christmas, Reagan’s 1981 address is worth reading: Nancy and I are very happy to send our warmest greetings and best wishes to all those who are celebrating Christmas. We join with Americans…
Good News on Global Warming
It turns out that there may be textbooks that chronicle global warming as something other than an environmental catastrophe and academics are up in arms about them, and in California, no less! “Our findings showed…
Pros and Cons of Tenure
At year’s end, we thought, looking over copy for 2015, that we could get a snapshot of how tenure works in academe. Ultimately, we came up with 14 arguments for tenure and thirteen against but…
Muslim Voices Against Radical Extremism
At the Heritage Foundation recently, several voices against radical Islam and extreme Islamist ideology stood as a stark contrast to the spokesmen represented in the typical 24-hour news cycle. Naser Khader, a member of parliament…
Fisher v. Texas, Take Two
At the Heritage Foundation on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, two law professors gave a preview of the second Fisher v. Texas decision, which was again before the U.S. Supreme Court. Vanderbilt Law’s own James…
Artistic Freedom Well Spent
We have spared no shortage of blog space on our problems with George Washington University over the past three decades. Nonetheless, we found something worthwhile on their Foggy Bottom campus that all who are in…
Study: ISIS Radicalization is Online and Tried to Hijack #BlackLivesMatter
George Washington University’s Program on Extremism published a recent study entitled, “From Retweets to Raqqa,” to highlight the growing social media presence and radicalization efforts of the Islamic State (known by some as IS, ISIS,…
The Rise of ISIS in America
The George Washington University Program on Extremism recently published a study on Islam-based extremism by sympathizers of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS, Daesh, or as the Obama administration says, ISIL). The study’s executive…
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Scholars Find More Work=Less Risky Behavior
In days of yore–i.e., my childhood–the Sisters of Saint Joseph used to tell us that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. It looks like academia is catching up to that outlook.
Peeking Through The Ivory Curtain
Really, the Left dominates academia in America to a degree that they never could in the former Soviet Union.
High School Unhappy with Speaker’s Conservative Stance on Social Issues
An invited speaker at a Massachusetts high school was disinvited over his social conservatism, which was not the subject of the speech he was going to give.
Columbia University Students Protest Past Conservative Speakers in Library
About twenty Columbia University students protested in a campus library stairwell to demand an end to inviting conservative speakers to the university.
Does Pre-School Require College Degree?
The municipal government in Washington, D. C.–which does not have a great track record in management, let alone education–thinks it does.
Berkeley Student Senator Tries To Redistribute Wealth
Or at least student government funding.
Is Black Political Power Overrated?
Two African-American scholars argue that it is.
Tent Accused of Being a Teepee Stirred Controversy at USC
In the “you have to be kidding me” kind of news, USC students were unhappy at a teepee-like tent on their college campus because it was allegedly ‘culturally appropriating’ the Native American teepee.
Georgetown University Campus Police aren’t Armed, but One Student Group Petition Asks for a Change
Apparently, Georgetown University does not arm its campus police officers with sidearms, but with pepper spray and batons. One group at the university is petitioning the university to change that practice.
Moving the Tassel Further by the Decade
In the latest issue of Accuracy in Academia’s monthly Campus Report newsletter, we look at the increasing drift to the left in academia.
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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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
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