Thank You, Professors
With its Spirit of Inquiry Award, the Pope Center honors outstanding faculty at Wake Forest, Duke, and East Carolina University.
Articles
Articles
Is Academic Freedom All That Fragile?
It’s less imperiled than two law professors think, and competing rights should be considered, too.
Size Matters
Ultra-small colleges with full immersion into specific disciplines might may be a cost-effective alternative to more traditional private schools.
T is for Texas…and Transparency
A new law is passed in Texas requiring that public colleges post course syllabi online.
The Diversity Religion at Virginia Tech
Pushing professors to conform to any set of beliefs is inappropriate.
Arguing for a More Inspirational Curriculum
In-class debates between professors instead of lectures might be a way to rejuvenate students’ interest in the great ideas.
Yale and Berkeley Flunk This Test
A new interactive rating system grades colleges on what’s left of their “core curricula.”
A False Seal of Approval
St. Andrews College faces a loss of accreditation over its finances, despite providing a quality education.
After the Fall
N.C. State’s alumni magazine gathered a panel of key people to make sense of the school’s recent controversies (and kicked off one of its own).
A School that Reveals Its Biases
The National Labor College is avowedly pro-union; many colleges are just as biased, but they don’t admit it.