Welcoming the Clash of Ideas
UNC-Chapel Hill is no longer giving a rough reception to conservative speakers, and intellectual discourse is flourishing.
Trustees or Delegates?
Universities have given up their fiduciary responsibility to guide student choices.
No Grade Inflation at James Madison College
This residential college at Michigan State keeps academic standards high.
The Culture Chasm at UNC
Selections for a lecture series on “Renewing the Western Tradition” reveal the radically differing perspectives of academics and the rest of us.
Trouble-Makers for Truth
In an interview, Stephen C. Zelnick defends the great writers of the past and explains how a group he co-founded is keeping students reading them.
A Close Call
That wonderful feeling of freedom in your freshman year needs to be tempered by a sense of responsibility.
Creative Destruction Coming to Higher Ed
The emergence of high-quality online education could revolutionize college education.
What’s In Store
Erskine Bowles has laid out his intentions for the UNC system for the upcoming school year.
Retreat, But No Surrender for Military History
After several decades of disappearing from college campuses, the study of military history is poised to make a comeback.
Radical Rhetoric on Somebody Else’s Dime
Not everybody at North Carolina State was happy about paying to bring radical icon Angela Davis to campus.