Scientific genius Albert Einstein posited a theory, other than the scientific ones he is known for, that has withstood the test of time: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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“In higher education the social values of social cohesion and progress, social welfare and service, the institutional values of economy and efficiency and the academic values of knowledge, truth, and increase in intellectual capital are…
Selkie Girl Deconstructed
Stopped clocks can be right twice a day. So can academics. But in neither case can they tell the difference between AM and PM.
Railing on Rand Again
Ayn Rand does provide much fodder for academics.
Texas Textbook Mystery @MLA
At the Modern Language Association (MLA) 2013 meeting in Boston, a professor claimed the existence of a “textbook describing slavery as a TransAtlantic trade triangle” but when asked to provide a title, she offered none.
Southern Sexuality, MLA-Style
Find out what the Modern Language Association considers the new normal.
Current Wisdom 2012
Here is the first part of Accuracy in Academia’s compendium of current wisdom for 2012.
Nerdy In A Different Way
You never know where you will find a trekkie, like on the Pepperdine faculty by way of the Federalist Society.
McGreen Jobs
College graduates, disappointed to find that they are working in minimum-wage positions rather than the “green jobs” their university promised them, might be startled to learn that they got their wish.
Psychiatrists Becoming Doctor Joke
There may actually be some good news coming out of academia.