Why We Need the Liberal Arts

…be mastered, theorems to be memorized, or concepts with which one must be demonstrably conversant—although all those things will contribute in indispensable ways to the pursuit of a liberal education….


UNC’s Diversity Challenge

…access to, or knowledge about, different views (which can be heard and tested only in an environment of free expression and constructive dialogue), students will have a warped view of…



Academic Year 2006: The Final Exam

Students on campuses across North Carolina will soon take their final exams. Some have already started. Those exams are supposed measure what a student has learned in the course, although…