Looking for JOBS in All the Wrong Places
Two new North Carolina laws intended to spur the future economy by promoting science education are likely to backfire.
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
John Galt to the Rescue
Atlas has ceased to “shrug,” and is now forcing his way back into the public discourse, and campus liberals are not pleased.
UNC’s 2010 Budget: It’s All Greek to Me
North Carolina’s legislators ignored the hard lessons forced on Greece due to fiscal irresponsibility in the 2010-11 higher education budget.
Open Checkbook for Unchecked Growth
An attempt to limit enrollment growth in North Carolina state universities was shot down by legislators at the last minute–unfortunately.
Magic Elixir for Growth or Economic Snake Oil?
Higher education might not be the cure-all for economic growth that the political and academic establishment proclaims it to be.
Leading Legislators Astray
A policy report about higher education by a leading think tank gives state legislators misleading information.
Grifter U.
Higher education’s increasing reliance on government money is attracting innovation and creativity–of the worst type.
Reading Between the Lines
A recent UNC study on K-12 education highlights the conflict between two competing instruction methods.
The Three-Day Wonder
The North Carolina Senate rams through a $19 billion budget that shores up UNC finances with taxpayer funds.
Social and Economic Justice, Without the Economics or the Justice
Can universities do anything about professors and programs that make a mockery of the subject they are supposed to be teaching?