A Healthy University Needs Surgical Cuts
Legislative budget cuts can improve the University of North Carolina system by forcing sensible cuts to extravagant programs.
The Bologna Process: Not About Making Sausage
But will it really improve higher education in Europe?
Ed Schools, Leave Those Teachers Alone!
A new study by the University of North Carolina could lead to major reform of education schools.
How to Promote “Social Justice”
An Atlanta conference for teachers reveals that educators these days want to lead children to particular views of social justice rather than educate them.
A Weak Defense of an Obsolete Idea
A new book defending affirmative action fails on many levels.
Bread-and-Circus Politics
The UNC School of the Arts is costing taxpayers a lot of money while serving mostly special interests.
Don’t Blame Us!
An expert in legal writing responds to Charles Rounds’ critique of law schools—and throws in some critiques of his own.
Trivializing Law School
A course in writing can’t make up for law schools’ purging of essential legal doctrine.
Helping Hand or Unfair Advantage?
Do universities provide a level playing field for students with learning disabilities, or permit some to game the system?
The Myths of an Ivory Tower Watcher
A professor of English takes issue with Jay Schalin’s article, “Myths of the Ivory Tower.”