Pretty Good Advice
An updated version of “Getting the Best Out of College” begins where the usual advice books end.
You Majored in What?
The Pope Center tracked down ten of the strangest college majors in the country.
Carpet Bombing Identity “Studies”
Bruce Bawer’s book exposes the pseudo-academic nature of the “studies” programs that are widespread on college campuses.
The Best Laid Plans
The University of North Carolina is revisiting its strategic plan in a time of great change.
Free Speech and Civility
A college student learns that “civility” is the latest buzzword in the lexicon of reactionary administrators.
Unraveling America?
Charles Murray’s latest book suggests that elite colleges are tearing apart the nation’s social fabric.
About Those “BB&T Courses”
The entrepreneur who brought Ayn Rand to scores of campuses explains how and why.
A Lot of It Is Sheer Nonsense
What exactly are we getting for the time and the billions of dollars we spend on higher education?
Kiwis Do It Better?
A professor who grew up in New Zealand finds American universities to be more like finishing schools.
Misreading the Qur’an, a UNC Tradition
Ten years after a selecting a book about the Qur’an that evoked enormous controversy, the same professor is at it again.