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Astroturfing Academia

Apparently, the president is having such a hard time of it politically that he is even losing faith in part of his base—academia.

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My Own Private Berkeley

The good news is that Berkeley produces a skewed world view. The bad news is that it provides an all too accurate microcosm of academia.

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Consensus on Academic Bloat

A man who Accuracy in Academia rarely sees eye-to-eye with nonetheless makes a  good point  in the October 8, 2010 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Rich Union Poor Union

While NBC has once again put itself in the service of the Obama administration, this time on education, they are both unwittingly making the case for more choices for parents desperate to get their children out of dead-end public schools.

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Ivory Tower Power Grab

In what looks like a naked power grab, the Obama Administration is poised to extend its dominion over a higher education establishment that already tilts left.

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Requiem For Billy Ayers

Christopher G. Kennedy, chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, led the effort to deny Bill Ayers the title of professor emeritus because Ayers had written a book dedicated in part to the killer of his father, Robert F. Kennedy.

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