Apparently, the president is having such a hard time of it politically that he is even losing faith in part of his base—academia.
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My Own Private Berkeley
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.
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.
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.
Christians Have Talent Too
Chicago, IL – Liberty Counsel warned the Itasca Public School District that it cannot censor two students, Christiana and Gloryanne Gatbunton, who wanted to sing portions of the song “Call on Jesus” in the talent show at the Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School just outside of Chicago.
Academia Resists Reform Efforts
Attempts to reform higher education usually result in the object of those efforts digging in its heels.
Pro-Life Feminism
Is not an oxymoron as you will see in the October issue of Accuracy in Academia’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
Cornell & The Cold War
The left has proven its hostility to a diversity of ideas in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Just Cookies No Politics
Last week in Indianapolis, a couple came under fire for turning away a special bakery order for “National Coming Out Day” at Indiana University (IU).
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Most Millennials Favor School Choice
From School Reform News: The authors of the EdChoice “2016 Schooling in America” report included an expanded sampling of millennials, those born between 1981 and 1997, “in an effort to better understand where this generation of…
More Schools are Reducing or Eliminating Homework
From School Reform News: The Orchard School, an elementary school in South Burlington, Vermont, eliminated homework during the 2016–17 school year because “the principal there said he’s seen more anxiety among students in the last…
Hidden in Plain Sight: Genuine Scholarship at the MLA
In the days before Wayne Gretzky brought elegance to hockey, a running joke about the sport was, “I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.” Something like this might be said of…
Humboldt State University Offers Free Massages to Show Anti-Trump Inauguration Solidarity
If only it were that easy to get free massages in real life, let alone at a college to show solidarity to oppose an inauguration of a President of the United States.
Pro-Life Group Sued Colorado State for Denying Student Funds over Politics
From Campus Reform: The lawsuit, filed by attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), alleges that university officials refused to provide funds from mandatory student activity fees for an SFL event featuring a speaker who…
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Women’s Marchers, Unite!
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at the American Spectator. “The most important task,” said communist dictator Kim Il Sung in October 1971, in his address to the Democratic Women’s Union of North Korea, “is…
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Cal-Berkeley Course to Dissect Donald Trump’s Alleged Xenophobia and Other Accusations
From Campus Reform: This semester, the University of California, Berkeley is offering an entire class devoted to dissecting the “cognitive dysfunctions,” “xenophobia,” and “fascism” of Donald Trump. During the spring semester, students who take Interdisciplinary…
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Women’s March on Washington Participants Say Feminists Can’t be Pro-Life
From Campus Reform: Campus Reform attended the March to find out why protesters were attending, as well as to ask their thoughts on the compatibility of pro-life ideologies with feminism. After speaking with over 50 participants,…
In Trump’s Inauguration Day Speech, He Blasted Higher Education
From The College Fix: In his inaugural address … President Donald Trump said the educational system was “flush with cash” and yet “leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge.”
Black Lives Matter Street Theater at the MLA
At the Modern Language Association (MLA) annual convention in Philadelphia this year, we got to see some of the “Creative Responses to Black Lives Matter” They included: A filmed street theater presentation on “The Shooting…