To Survive, Community Colleges Need to Stay True to Their Mission
While community colleges are known as a low-cost path to higher education, some might be shocked to learn that their enrollments took a steeper hit than the four-year sector in…
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Oklahoma University Thumbs its Nose at Oklahomans — With ‘So Few Repercussions’
“I don’t understand how a state as red as Oklahoma can have such an obsessively woke state university with so few repercussions,” law professor and New York Post columnist Glenn…
States Need to Take the Lead in Controlling College Costs
The coronavirus pandemic may be nearing its end, but that does not mean a return to normal in all cases. Even before the virus pushed classes out of the physical…
Did You Know? Not All UNC Students Get the Same Funding
The University of North Carolina system includes 16 universities, from large campuses with high research activity to small liberal arts institutions. They differ in many ways, from location to student…
New Study Analyzes the High Cost of College
TANSTAAFL. There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. That’s the pithy way that economists convey the idea that there are always costs associated with the goods and services…
Did You Know? UNC System Keeps Tuition Frozen for 5th Year
While annual tuition increases are the norm across higher ed, the University of North Carolina system has bucked this trend and kept tuition level for 5 years now. Though some…
Don’t Rock the Boat: UNC BOG Members Rarely Vote ‘Nay’
The members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors are charged with a solemn duty: to oversee and guide the state’s public university system. Although some of their…
Biden Could Shake Up Higher Ed—If He Doesn’t Endorse the Status Quo
Now that President Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president, he wants to hit the ground running and attend to urgent priorities. One of his first moves was…
NC State’s Quixotic Foreign Language Requirement
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…
Students Aren’t Learning Life Skills; Colleges Need to Teach Them
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…