Keeping Us Real: Ludacris Doesn’t Belong at N.C. State
Ludacris does not represent N.C. State, or what N.C. State supposedly stands for, and the university shouldn’t associate itself with him, even by giving him a stage and cutting him a check.
Costs
American colleges and universities spend billions of dollars a year from state, federal, and private sources. The following articles identify ways to cut costs and ensure that public investment in higher education provides value to students, taxpayers, and society.
Free Market Pays for Tuition
Sep 16, 2004 ·
George Leef
More students than ever are attending the nation’s colleges and universities, but we nevertheless hear a lot about how terribly expensive it is. Even with the very low in-state tuition charged by UNC schools, the cost of a year in college, including housing and living expenses, can be a strain on the budget for low-income families. It can be a strain for not-so-poor families too, if they haven’t saved enough money.
Using Free Market to Pay for College
Sep 13, 2004 ·
George Leef
More students than ever are attending the nation’s colleges and universities, but we nevertheless hear a lot about how terribly expensive it is. Even with the very low in-state tuition charged by UNC schools, the cost of a year in college, including housing and living expenses, can be a strain on the budget for low-income families. It can be a strain for not-so-poor families too, if they haven’t saved enough money.
Football Tailgating at the Fairgrounds Lot — It’s Time for a Change
Sep 10, 2004 ·
Martin Center Staff
RALEIGH – When a tailgate turns into a murder scene, something is wrong with the party. Such is the case with the Fairgrounds lot on Trinity Road in Raleigh, a longtime tailgate spot for nearby Carter-Finley Stadium.
Annual Pope Conference set for Oct. 16
Aug 31, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
RALEIGH – Dr. Roger E. Meiners and David Horowitz will be among the speakers featured at the annual John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy Conference scheduled for Oct. 16 at the Jane S. McKimmon Center on the campus of North Carolina State University.
Does publicly funded ‘media democracy’ mean killing the president?
Aug 24, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
North Carolina taxpayers are supporting, through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an “independent news” site that regularly features calls for the execution of George W. Bush, promotes armed uprisings in America, and receives dozens of other conspiratorial rants too bizarre to explain.
UNC-Chapel Hill Freezes Funds, Revokes Recognition of Christian Student Group
Aug 17, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
For the second time in as many years, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stands accused of discrimination against a Christian student group.
Winston-Salem State tries the Hail Mary pass
Jul 26, 2004 ·
George Leef
In football, the Hail-Mary pass is a last-second, desperation play that has a chance of winning or tying the game, but has a very low probability of success.
Colleges and universities try something like the Hail-Mary when they attempt to use success in athletics as a means of improving their academic reputations and finances. The idea is that winning at sports will transfer over to the institution as a whole, boosting applications and funding. Like the Hail-Mary pass, it’s unlikely to succeed, but college administrators keep trying.
University projects included in proposal
Jul 16, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
RALEIGH – Since the start of the 2004 short session, House and Senate leaders have debated a series of proposals that would increase the debt load for the state while funding several projects within the University of North Carolina system.
Another UNC Bond Proposal Is Approved
Jul 1, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
Another bond package has been approved for the University of North Carolina system, but this one was done without voter approval. State legislators approved a nearly $340 million bond package to finance a what were deemed “necessary projects” for the UNC system, even though some did not appear on the UNC Board of Governors’ wish list.