“Industry credentials” are a popular trend in modern education. But the term is rarely defined. Industry credentials offer the promise of short-term training or retraining for an agile, 21st-century workforce. … Continue reading “The Future for Industry Credentials”
Reliable information is a prerequisite for good management. How can you make intelligent decisions if you are basing them on shaky information? This has been an ongoing problem for the … Continue reading “UNC Faculty Teaching Loads Report Is Insufficient for Making Policy”
Today’s radical left has embarked on a quest to purge college campuses of their controversial histories. These “social justice warriors” not only believe themselves licensed to tear down statues—they view … Continue reading “A Monumental Question”
The year 2000 saw the publication of Beer and Circus, the notable book by former Indiana University professor Murray Sperber. It was a big step forward for the analysis of … Continue reading “Sperber’s ‘Beer and Circus’—An Unintentional Argument for Community College?”
Private colleges and universities face challenges distinct from their public counterparts. For one, unlike public institutions, they are not the recipients of generous state funding. Instead, they rely heavily on … Continue reading “The State of Private Higher Ed in North Carolina”
Tennessee legislators received a shock in 2012 when a study from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce predicted that by 2020, 55 percent of Tennessee jobs would require … Continue reading “Free College Is Just Another Middle-Class Entitlement”
Community colleges are the unheralded linchpins at the center of state educational systems. They get less funding than K-12 schools and universities, but are expected to correct the failures of … Continue reading “Man in the Middle”
The winds of change have blown through the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors in recent years. In a state historically dominated by the Democratic Party, the board … Continue reading “The Chairman of the Board Speaks”
North Carolina just added a new layer of meaning to its motto, First in Flight. This time the state is the first in the nation to get campus free speech … Continue reading “Are North Carolina Universities Biased? Look at What Students Are Reading”
Increasing teacher pay to improve teaching quality has grabbed media attention for months. But North Carolina’s General Assembly has been trying to figure out how to get better teachers into … Continue reading “Proposed Bills Could Improve Teacher Quality in the Tar Heel State”