UNC Gets Its Own Story Wrong

To Christian eyes, our nation’s most prestigious university chapels are in a state of utter decay. This is, of course, not a new claim. Entire scholarly careers have already come…

Following the Hamas assault on Israel in October 2023, many American campuses erupted in turmoil—not due to the brutality of the attack, but in support of the Palestinian cause. In…

In just a few weeks time, college students and their parents will descend upon Iowa City, IA, eagerly awaiting a new semester of learning on a safe campus.  But recent…

Higher education is trying to remedy political polarization using campus democracy and dialogue initiatives. When Bucknell University announced its new Initiative for Dialogue & Democracy, administrators pitched the effort as…

Recently, Luke Burgis, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Catholic University of America, posed a provocative question: “What is the strongest argument from the political Right AGAINST Great Books programs?”  In my view,…

I was working in a public space when a nearby conversation caught my attention. One student told a colleague that she would be taking several difficult classes the next semester.…

Community colleges play a specific role not only within our educational  ecosystem, but also that of the communities that they serve. They are community colleges, after all.  Before  the community…

The School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCiLL). At UNC, students hear this name in one of a few ways. One is “eww, that uber-conservative program that’s a waste of…