Even the most freewheeling women’s studies programs will not acknowledge the innate differences between men and women.
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Trusting Ahmadinejad
Jed Babbin, editor for Human Events and former Undersecretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush, recently criticized the mainstream media for their unwillingness to highlight the growing threat of authoritarian leaders abroad.
Politically Incorrect Literature
At a time when fewer and fewer English professors can actually answer questions about literature, college students in search of America’s literary tradition are more likely to find it in books such as The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature than they are, say, at the Modern Language Association annual convention.
First Amendment Lottery
Two extracurricular groups from college campuses 3,000 miles apart have found
themselves in similar conflicts with their respective schools.
Churchill Not Relevant Enough
Sir Winston Churchill may have been voted the best Briton ever, but if a national curriculum proposal is approved the former Prime Minister will be relegated to the dust bin of history as he will be removed from a list of figures that secondary school children must learn about in Great Britain.
Moderate Muslims Silent No More
One of the ironies in post-9/11 America is that the rush to defend Islamic extremists on campus and off leaves the mostly moderate Muslim population in the United States virtually invisible.
The Fairness Doctrine Lives!
In one of the many ironic twists and turns of life on Capitol Hill, the failure to pass amnesty for illegal aliens in Congress may have been the catalyst for the latest attempt by the Democratic majority there to bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine.
Department of Homeland Insecurity
Somewhat surprisingly, a national security agency of dubious achievement has elicited little criticism on campus from the same type of people who protest the Pentagon with far less cause.
Irrational Voters or Elitist Policies
Is the “rational American voter” just a passing myth? Dr. Bryan Caplan, an economist at George Mason University, thinks that voter “irrationality” is widespread throughout democratic America, and contributes to the cleft in opinion between the general public and educated economists on the subject of free trade.
Perils of Public Intellectuals
When academics leave their Ivory Cocoon to share their thoughts with the rest of us, these forays show them to be so out of sync with reality that we can see why they usually keep their ruminations in the classroom where they can become make-or-break test questions or term papers.
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NFL Player doesn’t like Participation Trophies
James Harrison, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, posted on his Instagram page about taking issue with participation trophies: I’m sorry I’m not sorry for believing that everything in life should be earned and I’m not about to…
Adieu to Two Scholars
Here at Accuracy in Academia, we mostly get to cover only ersatz intellectuals. Actual scholars, we too frequently find, are far fewer in number. Their ranks just got thinner this month with the passing of…
Vanderbilt University has to Clarify Remarks that Students Paid $11,000 in Tuition due to Regulation
It didn’t sound like a terribly rational argument to start with, but it’s been debunked.
Relocation of Jefferson Davis Statue at University of Texas is Put on Hold
A legal challenge temporarily halts the removal of the Confederate president’s statue from a featured part of the campus to the outskirts of campus.
Missouri Grad Students Lose Health Insurance Subsidies: Thanks, ObamaCare!
The University of Missouri can no longer afford health insurance subsidies for graduate students because of ObamaCare’s classification of graduate students as employees.
Sorority Recruitment Video Taken Down after People Offended by It
Political correctness is running rampant. Let college students be college students, right? The College Fix reported: A University of Alabama sorority recruitment video has gone viral and prompted anger among some who believe it objectifies women…
University President in Florida Mugged while Meeting with Two Women for a ‘Rendezvous’
As the College Fix noted: Florida’s Keiser University, whichconverted from for-profit to nonprofit statusfour years ago, is back in the headlines. Matt McEnany, president of Keiser’s Daytona Beach campus, got “mugged and carjacked over the weekend while…
Missouri Politicians Investigating Professor who is Running for Attorney General Spot
As College Fix noted: The candidacy of a University of Missouri law professor running for Missouri’s Attorney General post has a small group of Republican lawmakers in the Midwestern state probing whether the university is…
Several GOP Presidential Candidates Increased College Spending as Governors
At least half a dozen current and former governors are running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Two-thirds of that sextet have records on higher education that resemble those of their Democratic counterparts. The John…
Christian Universities Remain Firm in light of SCOTUS Marriage Decision
The College Fix reported the following: Several top Christian universities have no plans to change campus policies in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage nationwide, campus officials have told The College…
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
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