Did You Know? The Law Schools That Pay Off for Graduates
New improvements in the College Scorecard data from the U.S. Department of Education have shown some of the specifics for how well degrees pay off. With those improvements, the public…
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The Continual Creep of Social Justice into Higher Education
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a December 6 speech at an event hosted by the National Association of Scholars and the Martin Center on social justice and identity…
Did You Know? How Majors at East Carolina U Pay Off
With new data on student debt and earnings released by the Department of Education, high school graduates can make better decisions about which school and major they choose. Looking at…
Battling the Red Guards of Red Pedagogy
As education goes, so goes nearly everything else: politics, culture, and social cohesion. And those who form the minds of teachers—who, in turn, instruct young minds—arguably wield even greater influence.…
Cutting Tuition Prices So Students Can Borrow Less
In the past few years, large public universities have garnered headlines by freezing tuition. Purdue University, the Pennsylvania State System, and every public four-year university in Virginia have all frozen…
Did You Know? The North Carolina Colleges with High Student Default Rates
When students take federal loans to pay for college, the government declares them to be in default if a student doesn’t make a payment for 9 months. According to the…
The Majors that Pay and the Degrees that Don’t for Graduates
The College Scorecard, a Department of Education initiative that publishes data on student debt and earnings after graduation for thousands of schools, just got a major update. Previously, the Scorecard’s…
Did You Know? The Biggest NC Endowments Keep Growing
A college endowment is a fund where an institution keeps its financial assets and donations and can invest that money for the college’s long-term stability. In North Carolina, the largest…
Conserve Free Speech on Campus
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from The Not-So-Great Society, published by the Heritage Foundation. Who cares that 20 students at the University of Wisconsin staged a protest in October…
Students Tear Down Anti-Socialism Display at UNC Charlotte
Universities may not target unpopular speech on campus often, but when they fail to protect it, the results are similar to officially silencing speech. A recent example of this lack…