Confidence in Higher Education is Dropping – Latest Gallup Poll Findings
Late last year, UNC-Chapel Hill learning specialist Mary Willingham alleged that many Carolina athletes weren’t academically prepared for college-level work. That research has been stopped by the administration of UNC-Chapel…
…operates as a minor-league companion to the National Football League. Yet only 1.6 percent of the college athletes are drafted and a few others make it as free agents. That…
…I will add one further objection to Education Trust’s “More Free College!” idea. To the extent that Penn or any other wealthy university enrolls more students who are from relatively…
…free to make important decisions—and hide unseemly ones—with few consequences. Such free rein can lead to a fraught system of governance. University leaders without proper oversight may enforce ideological agendas…
…at tabling events, a lot of individuals simply want free things (food, water, Constitutions) or want to go about the day and get a degree without having to be pulled…
…over the full range of political, economic, and philosophical issues that face us. Colleges have (or at least should have) a commitment to inquiry and the free exchange of ideas….
…Concerning the free exercise of religion (and speech, also), a majority (55 percent) of students would allow religious individuals to spread their religious beliefs only if they did not give…
…the culture surrounding free speech on campuses, it does indicate that North Carolina colleges have very few policies restricting free expression. It is worth noting, however, that many of the…
Raleigh, NC—To reaffirm the American values of free speech and civil discourse, Jenna A. Robinson, George Leef, Jay Schalin, Shannon Watkins, and Sumantra Maitra of The James G. Martin Center…