Danny Glover Plays Chapel Hill
The Hollywood gadfly brought his unique brand of radical politics to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Martin Luther King celebration.
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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!”
Can’t Read, Can’t Watch, Can’t Comprehend
Today’s post-literate students don’t read movies any better than they read books.
Justice O’Connor Rethinks Her Grutter Decision
But will a future Court pay any more attention to evidence about diversity than hers did?
WASC: Accreditor Foxes Guard Collegiate Henhouse
Former University of San Francisco History Department chair charges accreditors with overlooking a breach of ethics.
Seven Years, Six Scandals
Let’s not be complacent about the state of integrity at University of North Carolina campuses.
“Higher” Education Has Been “Lowered”
A new book by an unconventional sociologist diagnoses the problem and prescribes the medicine.
Equalizing Outcomes Through Program Proliferation
The UNC system hopes to improve graduation rates by expanding expensive “handholding” programs for students who are not ready for college-level work.
Gloria Steinem Lectures at East Carolina
Steinem gets $10,000 but students only get uninformed anti-capitalist propaganda.
Inquiring Minds Ought To Know
The search for a new chancellor at N.C. State should have been conducted more openly, given the reason that the position was vacant (corruption).