No Time to Subsidize Silliness
UNC’s leadership should regard the budgetary process in lean times as a reason to cut waste.
I Pledge Allegiance, To the Diversity…
Virginia Tech has proposed guidelines mandating attitudes toward diversity that stifle academic freedom.
Grading, the Old-Fashioned Way
A math professor grades according to students’ mastery of the material, not on their level of effort.
Minority Students and Research Universities:
There is nothing to be gained and quite a bit to be lost if we follow preferential policies that deliberately trump merit with group classifications.
Duke University on Race
Speakers at a conference believe that racism is still alive, but is this just an academic elite speaking?
Cheating is So Much Easier
For-profit “essay mills” cater to lazy and dishonest students.
Obama Fudges Some Figures
A careful look at Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that most of the jobs in the fastest-growing occupations don’t require any college education.
Economics As It Could Be Taught
A community college economics teacher throws out the standard textbooks and focuses on economic thinking instead of math.
UNC Budget Holds Its Own
The governor’s proposed biennium budget deals only a mild blow to blow the university system and slightly expands community college funding.
Seeking A New Model for Public Higher Education
Tennessee is making a serious attempt to craft an opportunity out of economic hardship.