What Is College For?
A recent speech highlighted what a college education should do and the corresponding importance of a core curriculum.
Articles by Duke Cheston
Protecting the “Job Drivers”
Community colleges will try differential state funding, which gives more money to more technical classes.
Evangelists for Diversity
Offices of diversity are one thing the UNC system can do without.
What a Load
A Texas A&M study of faculty productivity led a reporter to scrutinize a university department at UNC-Chapel Hill.
In Search of the Underserved
East Carolina University’s new dental school was sold on a dubious basis.
What’s Wrong with Higher Education?
According to John J. Miller, a whole heckuva lot.
Standing Athwart
Student publications at North Carolina universities offer an alternative to the establishment opinion.
Is Tenure Really Necessary?
Some colleges are doing fine without it.
In Need of a Sober Assessment
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise among college students, but it would be inaccurate to say “everybody’s doing it,” because they aren’t.
In Defense of Pervasive Sectarianism
A recent ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals places a needless burden on the state’s religiously based private colleges.