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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The Ultimate Corporate Welfare

36 college presidents made more than one million dollars in 2009–Chronicle of Higher Education almanac. —Chronicle of Higher Education almanac.

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Academics Celebrate Obama Prematurely

Even given the longstanding urge of academics to treat Democratic presidents the way the Catholic Church once treated saints, the academic Left may have been a bit hasty when it rushed to canonize the current occupant of the White House.

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Obama In The Classroom

President Obama’s approval ratings in his last academic post were not as high as we’ve been lead to believe.

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Sharing the Wealth, Not

While everybody else was taking cuts in pay and benefits, executive pay went up 4.9 % in colleges—Chronicle of Higher Education almanac.

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None Call It Terror

The view of violent uprisings in the Middle East, and collateral threats in the United States, is a bit different in the Ivory Tower than it is closer to the action.

Faculty Lounge

Bloggers Get Academic Credit

A pair of professors from the University of Missouri School of Journalism have done a surprisingly sympathetic study of the blogging enterprise.

Faculty Lounge

Obama U Grows Again

Veterans of Democratic presidential administrations regularly best their Republican counterparts when there are job openings in academia.

Current Wisdom

Utopia More Ideal Than Real

“Utopia: That’s more of an ideal than a reality.” Sally L. Kitch, professor of women and gender studies, Arizona State University at ASU symposium, “Are we losing our humanity?,” National Press Club, September 7, 2012.

Faculty Lounge

Parents Avoid Chicago Trip

From coast to coast, parents not at the tender mercies of the Chicago Teachers Union are taking control of their children’s education.

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My Own Private Chicago

At least one college professor is looking at the Chicago teacher’s strike with envy.