What Should Congress Do about Student Loans?
In a new feature, the Pope Center invites you to weigh the pros and cons of the direct and guaranteed student loan programs.
Is College a Bad Public Good?
The debate over whether higher education is a public or a private good may miss the point.
The Fading Hope of Interdisciplinary Studies
A university program that should integrate all academic knowledge doesn’t live up to its own weak standards.
“Capitalism, American Style” at Christopher Newport University
An American Studies program at a public college in Virginia sets itself apart by focusing on our capitalist economic system and the ideas behind it.
The Secret Is Out About Law Schools
Law schools are reluctant to grapple with the oversupply problem.
Yes, You Can Teach about Liberty
Faculty members can take innovative paths in designing courses, with new formats and intellectually enriching content.
Liberating Chapel Hill
Cutting UNC’s flagship campus loose from the system will help solve some major problems with little negative impact.
When Racial Preferences Fell at UC
A one-sided book treats California’s experience after Prop. 209 as a disaster, while citing figures that show it was not.
Freshman Composition and the Sonnet
One instructor uses a tool largely unfamiliar to college freshmen, the Shakespearean sonnet.
Just Another Radical Obama Appointee
Duke professor Cathy Davidson, nominated for the National Council on the Humanities, is another in a long line of highly questionable Obama appointees.