Offering observations on it from the faculty lounge itself provokes even more indignation.

Believe it or not, yet another university has been accused of deception in a transaction with a citizen.


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Don’t look now, but Governor Bobby Jindal (R-La.) may be sparking an education revolution.

Among America’s amazing pantheon of founders, Patrick Henry stands out for his stirring speeches and fervent commitment to liberty, virtue, and small government.

January 2012
Occupying Seattle Again

See how English professors sparked the Occupy movement in the latest issue of Accuracy in Academia’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.


Ten Questions About Tenure, Or Less

The Everyman Elite

The authors who are read most widely are those who are no longer around. Former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn pays homage to a quartet of them in his latest book, Blue Collar Intellectuals.

“When the leadership in a field threatens careers if one does anything to help the U. S. Army better understand cultures and peoples in order to conduct the most precise, effective, and moral warfare it is no wonder that few anthropologists find the fortitude to cross the party line.”—Dan G. Cox, associate professor of political science at the School of Advanced Military Studies.

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“In New Mexico, student and other activists in Alburquerque decided to alter the ‘occupy’ name out of respect for the area’s indigenous communities, which have been forcibly occupied for centuries.”—Rethinking Schools magazine, Winter 2011-2012

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Andrew Ferguson,  a veteran journalist who provided a helpful chronicle of the comedy of errors that is the college application process in his book Crazy U, will be the featured speaker at Accuracy in Academia’s next author’s night on October 26, 2011 from 6-8 PM. Free food will be provided.

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The same type of “Accuracy Crisis” exists in the main stream media and among journalists, just as it does in academia.
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