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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For-Profits Fight Accountability

In yet another attempt to avoid being judged by tangible standards like everyone else, some colleges are fighting legislation designed to hold them accountable for their efforts.

Current Wisdom

Islands in the Stream

“Even Obama refuses to endorse it and back up the California federal court, and now appears suddenly hesitant to impose the values of Fire Island on Parris Island.”—columnist Pat Buchanan on same-sex marriage.

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Race To Cop Out

The nation’s largest teachers’ union—the National Education Association—has gone on record with reservations about the Obama Administration’s education reforms.

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Social Science=Student Debt

College graduates who inhaled the exotic curricula their alma maters offer up are learning a hard lesson: Nobody really cares about them off campus.

Book Reviews

Academic Rights Bill Wronged

One would think that with the evidence of academic bias stacking up more overwhelmingly by the decade that the higher education establishment would welcome any attempt to introduce a bit of intellectual diversity to their campuses, especially since they claim to be committed to same.

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Just In Time

By a happy coincidence, President Obama is welcoming students back to school in a state with a tightly contested Senate race.

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Race To The Trough

Believe it or not, the federal government is giving Race to the Top education grants to school districts more notable for the voting blocs they represent than the scores that they post.

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New Catholic Commandments?

A recent guest commentary in The Tower, the independent newspaper at Catholic University, leads to questions about what the Church’s institutions, including the Church itself, teach the faithful about the faith.

News

Founding Fathers Come Alive

The funny thing about books that cover the Founding Fathers is that they generally only come alive when the authors quote their subjects.