Taxpayers Shouldn’t Fund NIL
College athletics are big business. And states are increasingly competing to give their universities an edge in recruiting talented student-athletes. What began as an effort to allow athletes to profit…
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America Shouldn’t Educate Our Adversaries
On Wednesday, March 18, during the third week of the war with Iran, the New York Post broke a striking higher-education story. According to the report, the children of six…
The Pros and Cons of Short-Term Pell Grants
As a general rule, when the government intervenes in free economic transactions in a market, it distorts that market and makes people worse off. We might not see such negative…
Transparency Requires More Than Half a Syllabus
The UNC System’s new policy requiring public posting of faculty syllabi is grounded in a sound principle: Taxpayers deserve to know what is being taught at their public universities. Greater…
When Dad Says No, Ask Mom
Referred to as “the university of the people” by alumnus Charles Kuralt in his iconic 1993 bicentennial address, UNC has a governance structure designed to ensure accountability to North Carolina’s…
Higher Education Behind Bars
Concerns about crime and public safety are top of mind for many North Carolinians. Happily, university and community-college systems offering correctional-education programs can play a role in reducing recidivism. Partnerships…
Do Americans Still (Mostly) Love Their Universities?
If you’ve picked up a newspaper or talked to the average American about colleges in the last few years, you’ve likely gotten mixed reviews. After all, tuition rates keep rising,…
College Is Worth Saving
Earlier this year, Columbia University was hit with what sophisticated PR types call a double whammy. On the morning of May 7, New York magazine posted “Everyone Is Cheating Their…
How to Combat Financial-Aid Fraud
Every year, postsecondary institutions of all kinds distribute hundreds of billions of dollars in student financial aid across the United States—not to mention the tens of billions in aid allocated…
Community Colleges and Trump II
It’s axiomatic that elections have policy consequences. The shift in emphases and priorities for taxpayer funding is central to many such policy changes. Thus, it should come as no surprise…