Using Endowments to Educate, Not Accumulate
University endowments’ tax-free status should not be used just to build up wealth.
Something for Everyone Might Mean Less for All
The UNC Tomorrow Commision’s final report lacks focus.
Who Teaches the Best Undergraduate Course in North Carolina?
The Pope Center announces the Spirit of Inquiry Contest.
Trustees Still in the Loop
Trustees were nearly eliminated from the appeals process for fired professors.
A Refreshing Twist on Education: Competition
Putting the responsibility for training teachers into hands more practical than the hands of education theorists.
Plain Talk About Free Speech
Winston-Salem’s campus
Teaching Teachers How Not to Teach
Do our schools of education really do good a job of training teachers?
Good News on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Despite declining enrollments, HBCUs produce many of nation’s black scientists.
Jon Sanders’ Top 10 Nuttiest N.C. Campus Events For 2007
Editor’s note: Jon Sanders compiles an annual “Top Ten” list of what he calls the “nuttiest campus events” in North Carolina. This year’s list makes a notable exception, granting the top spot (see below) to something that didn’t happen. What didn’t happen, he says, was so strikingly necessary that its predictable non-occurrence warrants attention.
Onward to this year’s list:
The Top 10 Clarion Calls of 2007!
From politically-indoctrinating professors to innovative educational programs, 2007 had it all.