Perspectives Academia’s Cynical Outreach Program Malcolm A. Kline October 11, 2015 Academia loves to dress up its appeal to international students in uplifting prose, but a veteran professor suggests the move…
Perspectives Is America a Nation of Immigrants? Malcolm A. Kline October 9, 2015 Generations of students have been taught that we are a nation of immigrants but inquiring minds beg to differ. Well,…
Perspectives Patriotism, Sí, Nationalism, No Malcolm A. Kline October 8, 2015 A well-informed scholar recently made an important distinction between patriotism and nationalism. “Nationalism is an ideology that implies that there…
Perspectives Adieu to Two Scholars Malcolm A. Kline August 19, 2015 Here at Accuracy in Academia, we mostly get to cover only ersatz intellectuals. Actual scholars, we too frequently find, are…
Events, Perspectives Colleges Eliminating Self-Esteem Courses Malcolm A. Kline April 4, 2015 Something that should give would-be education reformers pause but probably won’t: when ephemeral education fads finally come in for much-needed…
Perspectives Culture War Not So 90s Malcolm A. Kline April 2, 2015 In his first campaign for the presidency, then-Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill, declared that the phrase “culture war” was “so 90s.”…
Perspectives Adam Smith Rocks! Malcolm A. Kline There’s a reason you don’t see many Adam Smith ties in the faculty lounge. “Adam Smith believed there are few…