The Academic Standard is an independent satirical publication about universities, academics, students, administrators and the peculiar institutions they have collectively constructed.
Our reporting is fictional. Our problems are not necessarily so.
Names, institutions, organizations and events appearing in satirical articles are invented unless expressly identified otherwise. Resemblance to actual academic practices may occasionally be difficult to avoid.
The Academic Standard is committed to the highest standards of accuracy appropriate to things that did not happen.
We correct errors promptly, particularly when they improve the joke. Independent since 2026. Neither indexed nor seeking indexing.