How Can States Offer More Apprenticeships?
Over the last 10 years, apprenticeships have gained increasing popularity in the United States. Active registered apprentices have grown from 410,000 to 667,000 since 2011, with new sign-ups increasing by…
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Recovering from Helene
Hurricane Helene rained historic hell on three University of North Carolina System schools when it rampaged through the western part of the state on Sept. 26. To varying degrees, the…
A High-School Student Critiques Dual Enrollment
As a student in the North Carolina public-school system, I have seen the negative impact that badly designed dual-enrollment policies can have on students’ personal and professional development. Indeed, it…
Let Colleges Choose an Accreditor
Federal financial aid depends on whether your college is accredited. That means an independent agency vouches for your college, assuring that it’s not a scam and that it fulfills its…
Time to Rethink University Accreditation
Many people believe that if a college or university is accredited, that’s the equivalent of a guarantee of quality. Just as the seal of approval from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) tells…
Breaking Away From Leviathan: Colleges Can Thrive Without Federal Funding
Can an academic institution be truly free if it relies on government funding? Perhaps in some perfect world, but today in the U.S., however, unencumbered generosity is not part of…
Renewing the University: A Pro/Con of Proposals
Conservative thinkers are mostly united on the need for reforming the American college system, but they’re divided on how to do it. It can be hard to pin down, exactly,…
Bridge to Discrimination: Decades of Gender Bias in the UNC System
Although many colleges and universities today claim to be dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, their policies and practices often violate those principles. Among the most common types of violations…
Did You Know? College Enrollments Fall Again
Student enrollment dipped at the beginning of the pandemic, but the numbers went from bad to worse a year later. As Inside Higher Ed reported, spring undergraduate enrollment fell almost…
Reassessing the College Wage Premium Payoff
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts within the higher education policy space were projecting that four-year colleges could face a loss of up to 20 percent in fall…