Does Anyone Care What They Study?
Columbia has a good core curriculum, Harvard a weak one, and many schools none at all.
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Administrative Costs Mushrooming
Rapidly rising numbers of and expense for administrators explain much of the rising cost of college education.
North Carolina’s For-Profit Challenge
UNC’s role in licensing nonpublic colleges (especially for-profits) may pose a conflict of interest.
In Need of a Sober Assessment
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise among college students, but it would be inaccurate to say “everybody’s doing it,” because they aren’t.
Freshman Comp, Then and Now
How the standard freshman writing course went from boot camp to a waste of time.
A Rule Made to Be Broken
Barely a month after the UNC system ignored its own self-imposed tuition cap, it is proposing another one.
Switching Things Up
I decided to make my class schedule suit my own needs, however unusual they are.
Adam Smith? Who’s He?
It’s time to return the history of economic thought to the college curriculum.
In Defense of Pervasive Sectarianism
A recent ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals places a needless burden on the state’s religiously based private colleges.
In With the In-Crowd
Erskine Bowles’ replacement as president of the UNC system shares his North Carolina establishment insider status.