Higher Education’s Legal Battlefield
Legal fighting over affirmative action makes the college landscape look like Gettysburg.
Academic Freedom or Shrill Partisanship?
Gene Nichol, a UNC Law School professor, goes over the top in his invective.
Discrimination Can Be Good?
A prominent law professor pens a book claiming to show that affirmative action must continue.
Clearing the Path to a Four-Year Degree
It may get easier for North Carolina community college students to transfer to UNC colleges in 2014—perhaps too easy.
Obama Starts a Dialogue
If two years of law school are better than three, why not whittle away more?
Subversive Lessons from China
The last book by economist Ronald Coase offers provocative ideas for higher education, and not the ones you would expect.
From Ivory Tower to Shining City Upon a Hill
The path to reform of state governments must go through state university systems.
A Lone Star in Higher Ed?
A new institute at Texas Tech will expose more students to the ideas behind free markets and economic liberty.
Five Myths Truths About College Costs
A writer says she’s busting myths, but there is a lot of truth in them.
Governance – October 2013
We cover the success of the enactment by the Texas legislature of a requirement to post course syllabi. We question the role of the UNC Board of Governors’ Committee on Public Affairs. We report on what university presidents think of their boards.