This paper addresses the question of whether taxpayer funding is appropriate for a school that focuses on professional arts training, attracts nearly half its college students from outside the state, and appears to send most of its graduates elsewhere. It is, on a per capita basis, the most costly school in the University of North Carolina system.
North Carolina’s fine arts culture would be just as strong without this subsidy.
One campus speaker argues that Africa’s salvation will not come from foreign aid, but from grass-roots entrepreneurship.
The University of Minnesota’s education school wants to ensure ideological purity.
A philosophy professor in California felt that something was missing in education and is now creating an ideal learning community.
An ambitious but amorphous program is losing favor, and colleges are trying out other ways of teaching students how to write.
It’s wise to examine a college’s financial condition before making a decision about which school to attend.
Does it build human capital—or are students just marching in place?
Formalizing the collaboration between the military and the University of North Carolina system makes sense for the entire state (and possibly the whole nation).
Are too many students going to college? Bravo to Chronicle Review for a fair and balanced discussion.