African-American Studies–As They Should Be
An ethnic studies department should be a place of learning, not a place for settling old scores or undergoing a 12-step therapy program.
It’s Summer Time and the Reading Is Easy
Freshman “common readings” look like a waste of time when compared to the classics some high schoolers are expected to study.
Raise Our Taxes, Please
The largest professors’ association in North Carolina asks the legislature for progressive tax increases to address the state’s budget deficit.
Just Say No…to a Business Degree
An educational entrepreneur warns parents against advising their children to major in business.
Educational Luddites Unite! Save the Buggy-whip Manufacturers!
An educational entrepreneur says academia is hanging on to a failed, obsolete ideology while entrepreneurial solutions are revolutionizing the world.
The Privileged Class
The commotion about the university job of a former North Carolina governor’s wife reveals a larger pattern of undue influence throughout the UNC system.
In Defense of Academic Publishing
A political scientist argues that liberal arts faculty should be role models, and that means conducting research.
Adventures in Absurdity
A guy goes back to school in his early forties and finds that academia is sometimes just plain weird.
A New Law of Averages at Princeton
The Ivy League school’s reintroduction of tough grading standards could change the campus culture for the better.
“Endowment Transparency”
No, students do not have a right to know how Duke invests its funds.