The Endowment Trap
Why should a school create a fund that it never intends to spend? Schools aren’t trust companies; they are educational institutions.
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Rainy Day Education Funding
North Carolina’s new legislative majority may clean up some shaky financial practices in its higher education systems.
March Money Madness: Round II
Which schools in the NCAA tournament saddle their students with the most debt?
Disrupting College? Lessons from iTunes
So far, online education has failed to transform higher education. An entrepreneur explains why.
Veiled Intentions
The man behind the controversial “Ground Zero Mega-Mosque” spoke at UNC-Chapel Hill, leaving behind more questions than answers.
March Money Madness
Which schools in the NCAA tournament land their graduates the best-paying jobs?
Should Holocaust Deniers Be Heard?
A professor reveals that students can think critically, after all, but they have to be taught how.
What Is College For?
A recent speech highlighted what a college education should do and the corresponding importance of a core curriculum.
Faculty Unions: A Terrible Idea
Charles Baird argues that closed-shop unionization encourages academic mediocrity.
What Faculty Unions Do
Cary Nelson argues that faculty unions accomplish more than collective bargaining.