In One State, Kinder and Gentler Commencements
North Carolina avoids controversy and emphasizes the positive.
Racial Preferences Are Falling
The Supreme Court’s Schuette decision reflects the waning support for policies that favor certain groups just to increase “diversity.”
Bachelor’s Degrees at Community Colleges?
In an unexpected move, four college presidents present the idea to the North Carolina legislature.
Lessons Learned
My two-year program in paralegal studies had its good points, but some bad ones as well.
Higher Education Already Has a Leftist Bias
But a new book argues that it should have more bias to overcome society’s “conservative” indoctrination.
A College Copes with Change
A former women’s college in Raleigh, North Carolina, reinvents itself, but the process is far from smooth.
Ignoring the Elephant in the Room
A Pew Research study claims that those who don't go to college penalize themselves.
Leadership Crack-ups
The fault may lie with naive trustees and a flawed search process.
Trembling in the Ivory Tower
Kenneth Lasson: Trembling in the Ivory Tower; Bancroft Press; 2003; 196 pp. If one listens to spokesmen for the higher-education establishment, America’s colleges and universities are the envy of the world,…
Free Speech on Campus?
Sure—as long as you haven’t previously said anything to offend groups that now hold trump cards.