The college admissions essay can be a stressful part of the application process for students. Like standardized test scores, however, their influence is waning. Many colleges have stopped requiring them. … Continue reading “College Admissions Essays Are Getting Shorter—and More Political”
In tracing COVID-19 outbreaks at colleges, the blame has been placed on Greek life, the fraternities and sororities that drive social life on many campuses. While university leaders have criticized … Continue reading “Even in a Pandemic, Campus Housing Restrictions Don’t Apply to Greek Life”
Student loan debt has received more attention lately, but one aspect has been left out of the debate: parents taking on loans for their children. While undergraduate students generally can … Continue reading “To Fight Student Loan Debt, North Carolina Schools Need to Stop Pushing Parent PLUS Loans”
In her fine opinion piece for the Martin Center, Megan Zogby bemoans the “Quixotic” requirement that North Carolina college and university students take between two and four courses in a language such … Continue reading “A Modest Proposal for Fixing the College Modern Language Requirement”
Last week, Congress approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, a $2.4 trillion spending package that includes $23 billion in aid for public and non-profit colleges and universities. The relief … Continue reading “Did You Know? UNC Schools Will Get Millions in COVID-19 Funding”
The year 2020 brought changes that colleges would have never made by choice. Enrollment declines, remote classes, and dramatic employee cuts (for faculty and some staff alike) were unthinkable a … Continue reading “Reforming Higher Ed in 2021”
Three universities in North Carolina host chapters of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, a group with ties to the Chinese government. According to a May article in Campus Reform, … Continue reading “Did You Know? Chinese Government Influence at North Carolina Colleges”
For decades, universities have required students to fulfill a foreign language requirement. However, some research has shown that two semesters of a foreign language appears to have no meaningful effect … Continue reading “NC State’s Quixotic Foreign Language Requirement”
When students think back to their college days, they may remember a philosophy class that made them question their life or an art class they thought would be easy, but … Continue reading “Students Aren’t Learning Life Skills; Colleges Need to Teach Them”
North Carolina spends more on its university students than most other states. Recent data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System show that universities in only three other states and … Continue reading “Did You Know? NC Subsidies for Colleges Top 5 Nationally”