Articles by Malcolm A. Kline

Malcolm A. Kline is the Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia. If you would like to comment on this article, e-mail contact@academia.org.
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Student Loan Cliffhanger

Maybe the U. S. Department of Education should start listening to some of the free advice it gets.

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Presidential Rankings Deconstructed

For those who find presidential rankings by academics tiresome, here is a genuinely fresh perspective from a political science professor at my alma mater—the University of Scranton.

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The Economics of Optimism

Perhaps you can call it the economics of optimism: a George Washington University economist predicts there will be job gains under Obamacare.

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Unthinking Mathematics

If you find recent college graduates to be computationally challenged (i. e., unable to do basic math), don’t expect that to change anytime soon.

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Deconstructing The Constitution

The U.S. Constitution gets the Rodney Dangerfield treatment (“no respect”) in academia probably more than anywhere else.

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Giving back

George Washington University School of Business Hosts 3rd Annual “Business Gives Back” on April 20. What did they take?

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Wallowing In Crimson Irony

At a time of record public deficits, personal bankruptcies and business failures at home, not to mention fatal U. S. embassy attacks abroad, only an academic could believe we are being well-governed.

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The Fix Is In

President Obama may have spoken warmly about charter schools but don’t expect his administration to do anything to aid them anytime soon.