By now, most Americans are aware of the widespread waste and decadence at many private and public universities. From lazy rivers to exorbitant chancellors’ salaries, examples abound. But those well-publicized…
Late last year, NC State University purchased two small office buildings on Oberlin Road, near the university’s East campus, for the price of $3.1 million. Their location, situated between NC…
The University of North Carolina was founded with an excellent governance structure—with one glaring flaw that allows power to be concentrated in the General Administration rather than dispersed between the…
Since 2010, the UNC system’s Board of Governors has become somewhat more conservative and more interested in serious educational reforms. Members of the Board have professed interest in decreasing costs,…
Our Winter 2017 issue of Governance highlights our name change from the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy to the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Articles…
In this issue of Governance, we encourage colleges and universities to review their academic freedom policies. We also examine the federal Department of Education’s actions against for-profit schools and its recent…
This issue of Governance looks at policy changes around the country, from “free” college to campus carry. We also examine higher education legislation that was recently introduced in Congress.
We’ve dedicated this issue of Governance to looking at ways to decrease the costs of higher education for students, parents, and taxpayers in North Carolina.
William G. Bowen and Eugene M. Tobin, both former college presidents (Princeton and Hamilton, respectively) grasp the crucial fact that the good old days of higher education are gone. In their new book, Locus of Authority, they tackle the traditional shared governance system (that is, the division of responsibility between the administration and the faculty). That system needs to change because it is getting in the way of the flexibility that is now essential.
This issue of Governance is dedicated to First Amendment rights on North Carolina’s campuses. We provide free speech ratings for each UNC system institution and explore the creation of the…