ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd nˈaɪn, hɪstˈoːɹiən dʒˈɛnɪfɚ bˈɜːnz aɪdˈɛntᵻfˌaɪd "ɐn ɛksplˈoʊʒən ʌv skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp" sˈɪns tˈuː θˈaʊzənd, ɔːlðˈoʊ æz ʌv ðæt jˈɪɹ, fjˈuː jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾiz ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd ɹˈænd ɔːɹ ɑːbdʒˈɛktɪvˌɪzəm æz ɐ fˌɪləsˈɑːfɪkəl spˈɛʃəlɾi ɔːɹ ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ ˈɛɹiə.
In 2009, historian Jennifer Burns identified "an explosion of scholarship" since 2000, although as of that year, few universities included Rand or Objectivism as a philosophical specialty or research area.