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Extravagance without Accountability by: Malcolm A. Kline, Harrisburg, Pa.—Of all the myths that the higher education establishment has perpetuated, perhaps none is more pervasive, or contributes as much to the preservation of the status quo, as the notion that the blame for tuition hikes lay somewhere other than the central offices of universities. On March 20th students here rallied at the capitol to get the Pennsylvania assembly to increase funding of Penn State campuses and, so the idealistic youth hope, lower tuition. Eleven days later, the Harrisburg Patriot reported that “The former executive assistant for Judy Hample, chancellor of the...

The New York Times obituary of our founder, Reed Irvine [pictured], contained so many inaccuracies that Accuracy in Academia’s president, James F. Davis, felt compelled to respond. Because the New York Times does not have a stellar track record of running responses that are critical of the Old Gray Lady, we thought that we would give you, the reader, a chance to read Mr. Davis’ corrections here.—ed. There were several inaccuracies in the New York Times obituary of Reed Irvine, the founder of Accuracy in Media (AIM), i.e., the first media “watchdog group dedicated to exposing, challenging, and at times...