There has been a lot of buzz about Evan Coyne Maloney's long-awaited Indoctrinate U. Evan has appeared on Hannity's America and was interviewed live on Fox News; he's done dozens of radio interviews (here is an excellent one that gives you a sense of Evan's personality as well as the thoughtfulness he brought to this project); and early screenings of the film in New York have earned very positive reviews.

Amid the buzz, academics been studiously quiet about the film -- hoping, perhaps, that Indoctrinate U won't draw an audience if academics pretend it doesn't exist. I find that sad, but I'm not surprised.

George Washington English professor Margaret Soltan has broken the mold on this one, which I respect. She's going to go see Indoctrinate U tonight, and judge for herself what all the fuss is about. A winning and uncompromising critic of the academy, Soltan has managed to combine harsh criticism of some of academe's worst excesses and hypocrisies with a charismatic ability to avoid being condemned for being an academic herself. That's a tough balancing act, and I admire her for it. She suggests on her blog that her mind is not all that open when it comes to Indoctrinate U--she writes that she "suspects it's not going to be very good"--but at least she's going.

More should follow suit, and everyone should try to go with an open mind.