States Need to Take the Lead in Controlling College Costs
The coronavirus pandemic may be nearing its end, but that does not mean a return to normal in all cases. Even before the virus pushed classes out of the physical…
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Did You Know? Student Math Grades Vary in UNC System
Entry-level math courses such as college algebra and introductory statistics are required in most universities, regardless of major. Math courses are required because they are a crucial part of every…
Academic Freedom Doesn’t Shield Universities From Oversight
State legislatures are taking up higher education reform. Sometimes higher education reform consists of attempts to regulate what happens on college campuses, such as laws that prohibit universities from requiring…
Is Our Obsession with College Fueling a Mental Health Crisis?
Long before Covid, mental health experts declared a different sort of pandemic—a precipitous decline in mental health on college campuses. One 2019 survey by the American College Health Association found…
Letter to the Editor: Davidson College has changed
To the editor: I graduated from Davidson College nearly 50 years ago. Since that time, the College has maintained that the culture of the school has remained unchanged. The failure…
Beauty and Wisdom: Renew the Culture by Restoring the Liberal Arts
Universities are in dire need of reform. They are too expensive; the classwork is too easy; the curriculum too unfocused. Too many students drop out or don’t care. Indeed, many…
Did You Know? New UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Members
There are six new members on the Board of Trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill. The new members are: Rob Bryan III Perrin Jones Malcolm K. Turner Ramsey White Marty Kotis Vinay…
Safe Spaces: Balancing Academic Freedom and Wokeness
The following is adapted from an address given at a Martin Center luncheon on July 15, 2021. Finally, I come to my main argument: Safe spaces. I want to come…
On Boiling Frogs And Forked Tongues: Alumni Fight Back at Davidson
At Davidson College, the frog finally realized that it’s being slowly cooked alive. As the theory goes, if you put a frog into boiling water, it will immediately jump out,…
The Sea Changes at the NCAA
Fifty years ago, I entered the University of Tennessee-Knoxville as a freshman scholarship runner on its high-profile track team. The NCAA held athletes to a strict amateur code in which…