Airy Rhetoric Versus Gritty Reality
In the PBS debate on the economic benefits of more college graduates, the facts spoke for themselves.
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Don’t Know Much about History
The recent effort to wipe out American history before 1877 in North Carolina classrooms is a natural result of the teaching in education schools.
Do We Need More College Grads, or Better Ones?
A survey of employer opinions sheds some light—but not very much.
What’s the Latest Academic Fad?
A major university association proposes a globalization agenda long on costs but short on justification.
Free Speech-less
A new Pope Center report reveals that the majority of colleges in North Carolina inhibit free speech.
Privatizing for the Public Good?
The greater autonomy that some universities won after the last recession may be an attractive option as state appropriations shrink.
Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech?
The report examines the speech, assembly and religious protections for students and faculty at North Carolina’s universities–both public and private. Using the speech code rating system from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), the Pope Center found that none of North Carolina’s universities received a “green light.”
Requiem for a Heavyweight
A conservative writer offers his take on UNC president Erskine Bowles, perhaps North Carolina’s best-known Democrat.
Math Non-Majors, Arise!
Demand courses that explore the ideas inherent in mathematics, not just the skills of computation.
Forget U.
Tradition depends on memory, but modern culture depends on forgetting.