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It turns out that progressive educator John Dewey’s books were not only influential in the United States.

Priceless publicity.

A historian at Penn makes the case that education is a welfare benefit then goes on to virtually endorse it as such.

For decades, media elites and academics alike have accepted the accounts that veterans of the anti-Vietnam War movement gave of themselves, particularly when those vets occupied academic berths.

For once, a  left-wing speaker on the college lecture circuit got heckled and by a most unusual heckler.

In even-numbered years, political science professors are frequently called upon by the media to offer their thoughts on national elections, although they may not be as well-versed as they should be on history, of even the more recent variety.

Americans may still see the Girl Scouts of America (GSA) as an apolitical group but the group’s leader has acknowledged a marked change in the GSA.

“Waiting for Superman” is a powerful film with a message crucial to our nation’s future.

Researchers are scratching their heads over the massive number of college dropouts.

Accuracy in Academia, which has been annoying academics for a quarter of a century, celebrates its 25^th anniversary this year.

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

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.