Adjuncts at the Barricades
Increased unionization of adjunct professors will distort rather than than solve the underlying problems in the academic marketplace.
Author Profile
Jay Schalin
Jay Schalin joined the Martin Center in August 2007. A Philadelphia native, he began his writing career as a freelance journalist for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and wrote for several other papers in New Jersey and Delaware. Schalin has a B.S. in computer science from Richard Stockton College in New Jersey and an M.A. in economics from the University of Delaware.His articles have appeared in Forbes, the Washington Times, Fox News Online, U.S. News and World Report, Investor's Business Daily, Human Events, and American Thinker. His op-eds have been published by the McClatchy News Service and the Raleigh News & Observer. He has been interviewed on ESPN, National Public Radio, and UNC-TV, and his work has been featured on ABC News and Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor.
Schalin is a member of the National Association of Scholars and is on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Philosophy and Letters.
Articles by Jay Schalin
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Diversity Residence Is Divisive
The UNITA “living-learning” community claims to break down barriers but instead instills animosity.
University Governance’s Missing Link
Giving the public university system its own executive director would solve the “asymmetry of information” problem.
The War Against Truth
Inside the academy and out, subjectivity is starting to replace the objective search for truth.
Stop Subsidizing Waste!
There is a common sense solution to our current wasteful financial aid programs.
Subsidizing Failure
A forthcoming study focuses on public universities’ “cost of non-completion.”
Texas Standoff
An Old West-style conflict in Texas pits the higher education and political establishments against the reform movement.
Faculty Attack Squad
An attempt to organize North Carolina’s progressive faculty gets down and dirty.
Make Public Information Public
The University of North Carolina and other state entities should be transparent.
Cathedral Without a Soul
North Carolina State’s much-touted new James B. Hunt Library doesn’t match its hype.