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.
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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.
Why Are Conservatives Rare on College Faculties?
Seven professors (Munger, Bean, Folsom, Bauerlein, Grabar, Anderson, Bertonneau) comment on a controversial theory.
What Are Faculty Paid, and Why?
The Pope Center’s effort to make the UNC system more transparent to the public reveals a lot but raises more questions.
Literacy Lost
University faculty are finally noticing that college students don’t read very well, but Neil Postman and Jacques Ellul saw it years ago.
Danny Glover Plays Chapel Hill
The Hollywood gadfly brought his unique brand of radical politics to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Martin Luther King celebration.
Graduation Blues
The debate over low graduation rates is shaping up like an old Miller Lite commercial–one side shouts, “more money!” and the other shouts, “higher admissions standards!”