UNC-Chapel Hill goes after binge drinking, but the real enemy may be date rape
In 2012, a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman with a blood level of alcohol nearly three times the legal limit was found dead. Winston Crisp, vice chancellor for student affairs, saw this as indicative of a nationwide problem—one he has been working to address since then.
Campus civility declines as attention turns to groups, not individuals
I recall vividly in the early 1980s spending fifteen minutes walking two hundred yards with my older faculty mentor from our offices to Davidson’s post office. Along the way, he greeted or was greeted by Davidson students, staff, other faculty, and townspeople. For each there was a hearty “good morning” or a “you are looking so well,” or to an advisee, “how is your calculus class going?”
Leisure studies: an academic field based on a utopian mistake?
With most academic fields, we know what they are about. Political science teaches about political systems and their workings; philosophy about how people have thought on questions such as ethics; literature courses have students read and contemplate worthwhile books.
The Goucher College video app is a terrible idea
Back in the early 1990s, while I was in the middle of a long business career, I recall reading that the University of Pennsylvania had decided to add an unusual essay requirement for their undergraduate applicants. Specifically, the students were asked to submit “Page 217” of their 300-page autobiography. Remember now, these budding autobiographers were all of 17 years old.
Student course evaluations aren’t worth much, and there are better ways
The John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy has released its biennial report on the University of North Carolina system, “The State of the State University 2015: Critical Facts about the University of North Carolina System.”
Three UNC schools will lower their SAT admission standards next fall
Three UNC schools will lower their SAT admission standards next fall
Two modest reasons to preserve the humanities
Two modest reasons to preserve the humanities
A new report could pressure weak education schools to make real reforms
A new report could pressure weak education schools to make real reforms
Are college course syllabi really protected by copyright?
Are college course syllabi really protected by copyright?
Should community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing?
Should community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing?