Using Endowments to Educate, Not Accumulate
University endowments’ tax-free status should not be used just to build up wealth.
Look Before You Leap Into Government Intervention
Don’t Make a Political Issue out of College Endowment Spending
Re-thinking Those Giant Endowments!
Should colleges be required to pay out a percentage of their endowments?
Something for Everyone Might Mean Less for All
The UNC Tomorrow Commision’s final report lacks focus.
Who Teaches the Best Undergraduate Course in North Carolina?
The Pope Center announces the Spirit of Inquiry Contest.
Trustees Still in the Loop
Trustees were nearly eliminated from the appeals process for fired professors.
A Refreshing Twist on Education: Competition
Putting the responsibility for training teachers into hands more practical than the hands of education theorists.
Plain Talk About Free Speech
Winston-Salem’s campus
Teaching Teachers How Not to Teach
Do our schools of education really do good a job of training teachers?
UNC Education Schools: Helping or Hindering Potential Teachers?
This paper from the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy takes a critical look at what is being taught at University of North Carolina teacher education schools. It reveals the overemphasis on so-called “student-centered learning,” also known as “progressivism” and “constructivism.”
“UNC Education Schools: Helping or Hindering Potential Teachers?” by George K. Cunningham, a former professor in educational and counseling psychology at the University of Louisville, concludes that UNC’s education schools have major weaknesses when it comes to teaching teachers.