Hot Strippers and Slow Learners at Duke-A-Go-Go
A performance of the Sex Workers Art Show at Duke University raised vulgarity to a new low.
A Broader Role for the University On Its Way?
Why K-12 and UNC need each other.
Using Endowments to Educate, Not Accumulate
University endowments’ tax-free status should not be used just to build up wealth.
Look Before You Leap Into Government Intervention
Don’t Make a Political Issue out of College Endowment Spending
Re-thinking Those Giant Endowments!
Should colleges be required to pay out a percentage of their endowments?
Something for Everyone Might Mean Less for All
The UNC Tomorrow Commision’s final report lacks focus.
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.
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.