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From: thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Accuracy in Academia
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 16:36:56 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 16:36:56 1985
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I would like to know what people out there think of the new
group "Accuracy in Academia". If you don't already know, AinA
is supposedly going to be a "watchdog" group that will 
investigate the "accuracy" of what professors are saying in
America's Universities.

In reality, this group is closely connected with one of the
big right-wing "think tanks".  A representative of AinA (who,
unfortunately, resembled 'Yoda' from _The Empire Strikes Back_
in looks, if not in philosophy *8-))  appeared on the MacNiel-
Lehrer Report (no spelling flames please!) last Friday, along
with the president of the American Association of University
Professors.  My general impression is that AinA believes that
the universities are dominated by Marxists, and thus represent
a grave danger to the "American Way".  As the AAUP president
pointed out, something like 2-3% of university professors are
avowed radical left-wingers, and a similar professor are 
radical right-wingers.  He also said that the present "internal"
system of control is adequate for college professors.

This seems like a good topic for discussion.

Ann-Muir Thomas
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