Airy Rhetoric Versus Gritty Reality
In the PBS debate on the economic benefits of more college graduates, the facts spoke for themselves.
Don’t Know Much about History
The recent effort to wipe out American history before 1877 in North Carolina classrooms is a natural result of the teaching in education schools.
What’s the Latest Academic Fad?
A major university association proposes a globalization agenda long on costs but short on justification.
Privatizing for the Public Good?
The greater autonomy that some universities won after the last recession may be an attractive option as state appropriations shrink.
Requiem for a Heavyweight
A conservative writer offers his take on UNC president Erskine Bowles, perhaps North Carolina’s best-known Democrat.
What Are Faculty Paid, and Why?
The Pope Center’s effort to make the UNC system more transparent to the public reveals a lot but raises more questions.
Graduation Blues
The debate over low graduation rates is shaping up like an old Miller Lite commercial–one side shouts, “more money!” and the other shouts, “higher admissions standards!”
WASC: Accreditor Foxes Guard Collegiate Henhouse
Former University of San Francisco History Department chair charges accreditors with overlooking a breach of ethics.
Seven Years, Six Scandals
Let’s not be complacent about the state of integrity at University of North Carolina campuses.
“Higher” Education Has Been “Lowered”
A new book by an unconventional sociologist diagnoses the problem and prescribes the medicine.