“Guess the Blather”™ contest winners
See who had the best and funniest guesses concerning the content of UNC-CH Chancellor Moeser’s “State of the University” address.
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Jon Sanders
Jon Sanders is Director of Regulatory Studies at the John Locke Foundation. Before assuming his current responsibilities, Sanders served as JLF's Associate Director of Research. He also researched issues in higher education for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy and has been an adjunct instructor in economics at North Carolina State University. Sanders has been widely published, appearing in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, ABC News online, Townhall.com, FrontPage Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, the Philadelphia Inquirer as well as numerous newspapers across North Carolina. A native of Garner, N.C., Sanders holds a masters degree in economics with a minor in statistics and a bachelors degree in English literature and language from N.C. State.Articles by Jon Sanders
Silliness washing over Duke in Fall 2003
So far this semester folks at Duke University have been so awash in concerns over racism, sexism, and homophobia, that Duke has risked appearing like a parody of the “politically correct” university.
Why UNC-CH leftists are right to complain about Coulter’s visit
UNC-CH leftists are incensed about the decision to fund Coulter’s speech. Why should they pay — through their student fees — to support Coulter, whose views they find odious?
In other words, they’re sounding like conservatives, who’ve been objecting to their being made to support leftist causes through student fees for years.
Why it’s so hard to get a sound general education from UNC schools
Under today’s assumptions, it isn’t enough to teach history. History incorporates things outside the aegis. But “Third World History” and “African American History” (which address racism), “History of Women in America” (which addresses sexism), and “Lesbians in History” (which addresses homophobia) will do.
Poking fun at campus news items in verse
Lyrically dealing with UNCG and N.C. A&T’s desire for bell towers, UNC-CH’s desire for a cancer center, and a young man’s desire for UNC-CH.
Office for Civil Rights Trumpets Students’ Rights Over College Codes
A resounding affirmation of free-speech rights on college campuses was recently made by the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education.
Economic woes greater for universities, students outside N.C.
North Carolina’s colleges and universities are hardly the only ones in the nation affected by an economic downturn in their home state. A report released this summer shows how many public universities and colleges across the country received cuts, some substantial, in their budgets.
Harmony Remains Elusive, But N.C. State Still Celebrates
The Division of Student Affairs at North Carolina State University will be “Celebrating Race and Ethnicity” this semester. Really. It has even developed a full slate of programs by which to celebrate these all-important nouns.
More Unscholarly Summer Reading Choices
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hit a public-relations goldmine last year with its Summer Reading Program controversy. The PR-savvy officials at the public institution recognized at the time that they had hit upon a good formula. Little wonder why the program’s in the news again this summer.
Education Dept. ‘further clarifies’ Title IX enforcement
Several months have passed since a federal commission urged changes to how the government enforces Title IX of the Education of Amendments. Several years have passed since the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights last issued a Clarification of OCR’s policies to determine compliance with the measure. On July 11, in a “Dear Colleague” letter, OCR issued what Gerald Reynolds, assistant secretary for civil rights, termed a “Further Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Guidance Regarding Title IX Compliance.”