Leading Legislators Astray
A policy report about higher education by a leading think tank gives state legislators misleading information.
Series: Summer Reading
Here is a list of Pope Center articles about summer reading programs at North Carolina colleges.
Affirmative Action Keeps Some Students Out
Selective colleges and universities turn away highly qualified Asian students so they can have more “diversity.”
Grifter U.
Higher education’s increasing reliance on government money is attracting innovation and creativity–of the worst type.
A Free-Market College That Means Business
Northwood University espouses the philosophy of free markets and expects students to understand how they work.
Reforming the Academic Core
The Board of Governors should select a president who will revitalize student learning at the University of North Carolina.
Don’t Go to College to Learn Economics
People with a high school education have as much economic sophistication as college graduates do.
North Carolina Bucks the Trend
While commencement speakers across the nation talked politics, North Carolina’s choices were more restrained.
How Universities Breed Dependency
Modern universities are providing a failure-free existence that eliminates an important component of a free society: self-reliance.
Reading Between the Lines
A recent UNC study on K-12 education highlights the conflict between two competing instruction methods.