Boldness, Not Band Aids, Needed at Shaw
Shaw University’s financial and governance problems may go too deep for just another quick fix.
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
End the Hypocrisy
College football conferences should not be NFL’s minor leagues; NFL can start its own.
The Final Say
The author of a study on faculty workloads responds to a critic.
Better Universities at Less Cost
Budget cuts and loss of revenues don’t necessarily mean worse education.
Whispers in the Hallways, Part II
Should government agencies, including public universities, be able to organize recipients of subsidies to lobby for budget increases?
Whispers in the Hallways, Part I
UNC, like other state agencies, gets taxpayer money to press for more taxpayer money.
Merging Community Colleges Offers More Gain than Pain
A sensible proposal to cut administrative costs gets some resistance from community college administrators.
The Little Budget that Could (Avoid New Taxes)
North Carolina’s probable new higher education budget is a mixed bag with lots of questions yet to be answered.
A Common-Sense Look at UNC Faculty Workloads
This paper measures the teaching loads of faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.
The Angry Ones
Professors Ellen Lewin of the University of Iowa and Scott Denham of Davidson College recently broke with academic norms and lashed out directly at conservative students.