Dismal K-12 Education Makes Colleges Look Good
A lack of competition among primary and secondary schools permits poor performance.
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Shaking Up the System
Major changes such as expansion into underserved communities and centralization of command are coming to the UNC system.
Tackling the Football Question at UNCC
Should UNC-Charlotte students pay exorbitant fees to fund a football team?
The Buck Stops Elsewhere at Duke
The Sex Workers Art Show controversy reveals Duke University administrators’ inability to face their responsibilities.
Liberating the Law Schools
George Leef argues that competence should be most important value in legal education
Overregulated Law Schools
Pope Center Paper Urges Lifting Restrictions on Legal Education in the State
Legal Education in North Carolina
A new report from the Pope Center recommends ways to increase the availability of low-cost legal education in North Carolina. It discusses the state’s law schools in detail, using available data about student outcomes such as student debt load and salaries upon graduation.
“Legal Education in North Carolina,” by Andrew P. Morriss and William D. Henderson, reveals that North Carolina has a “substantial unmet demand for legal education.” Signs of this unmet demand are the fact that its law schools are more selective than most law schools in other states and the state has fewer private-sector lawyers per capita than any other state (758/1).
Not Worth a Plugged Nichol
UNC should not consider the ousted William & Mary president for chancellor.
Legacy Admissions – Affirmative Action for the Rich?
Should Junior Get In Just Because Daddy’s a Graduate?
A Call to Arms against College Sports
The president of Belmont Abbey College outside Charlotte starts a movement to bring sportsmanship back to competitive athletics.