Here are the highlights so far.
Monthly Archives For September 2011
Colleges Avoid Budget Cuts
Contrary to what is frequently reported, when colleges actually do face budget cutbacks in the amount of state and federal aid that they receive, professors can usually avert them.
The Case Against Tenure
Read about the case against tenure in the latest issue of Accuracy in Academia’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
Crisis of the European Union
Václav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, in a Hillsdale College-sponsored cruise event, spoke about the roots of the current economic problems facing the European Union (EU), as well as its significance to Americans.
Epic Fail @ Medill Innocence Project
They found a guilty convict.
The Positive Economic Effects of Charter Schools
Allowing charter schools can allow for a plethora of benefits both inside and outside the classroom.
9/11 Denial In Academia
We have written on the academic ambivalence towards the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks upon the United States here, here, and here. The actual memorial even brought outright denial from academe.
Detective Stories
GLEN COVE, NY — Once, detective stories were an essential element of popular fiction. That their golden age has long passed is a sad commentary on today’s educational and cultural environments.
AIA DINNER: CONSTITUTION DAY
Accuracy in Academia will celebrate Constitution Day with presentations from We Read the Constitution and Accuracy in Media at the next AIA Author’s Night on September 12, 2011.
Dreaming of the Sixties
“We were waking up from a dream in the ’60s, and it was not easy to wake up, especially with all the drugs we were taking.”—singer Judy Collins in an interview with The Washington Post.