`  :A large number of non-Rand followers have contributed to the recent academic exploration of her philosophy, e.g. in the non-partisan Journal of Ayn Rand Studies.  Also, when one considers some of the insignificant material that indisputedly has been found worthy of academic study, the claim that that a culturally significant integrated philosophical system deserves no academic study is untenable; unless, perhaps, one believes that academic study is unrelated to the real world.  Note that none of this prejudges what the result of such study might conclude. :Please resist the urge to ``balance`` neutral exposition in the article by inserting disputation, especially unsubstantiated disputation. —   `