How Student Aid Chases Its Own Tail
A new paper argues that government student aid actually raises the costs of education for taxpayers and some students.
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Budget Crisis Barely Slows UNC Agenda
Despite a severe drop in state revenues, the UNC system is still making rapid changes.
Should You Go to College?
Seeking a four-year degree right out of high school isn’t the right path for everyone.
It All Depends On What Academic Freedom Is
A new Pope Center paper sheds light on a hotly debated topic.
Democrats at the Podium
In today’s college environment, commencement speakers’ politics should come as no surprise.
Just Say No to Radical Intimidation
UNC-Chapel Hill gets tough with protestors trying to disrupt a conservative speaker.
Adrift in the Slow Lane of Learning
A new paper by Mark Bauerlein confirms the unspoken agreement: professors teach little, and students learn less.
Academic Freedom
Today’s university is rife with competing claims about academic freedom. Although it is similar to the freedom of speech that all Americans enjoy, academic freedom has developed into a more specific guarantee for scholars and teachers. This new paper by Donald Downs, professor of political science, law, and journalism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, explains what is meant by the term and to whom it applies.
Loyal to the Core
Some humanities scholars still teach the classics.
Is Teaching a Common American Identity Indoctrination? Part II
A Pope Center writer responds to a reader who equated his use of “common cultural identity” with left-wing indoctrination.