Governance

University boards have the primary responsibility for ensuring fidelity to the institution’s mission, managing university finances, and setting personnel policies. The following articles expose poor governance practices and identify policies that keep boards accountable to the taxpayers, students, parents, alumni, and donors whom they serve.

Mar 9, 2011 · Charles Baird

Faculty Unions: A Terrible Idea

Charles Baird argues that closed-shop unionization encourages academic mediocrity.

· Cary Nelson

What Faculty Unions Do

Cary Nelson argues that faculty unions accomplish more than collective bargaining.

Feb 22, 2011 · Jay Schalin

Starving the Academic Beast

Huge state deficits and a changing of the political guard mean that public university systems must downsize. The Pope Center provides some criteria for deciding what to cut.

Feb 10, 2011 · Jenna A. Robinson

Should UNC Tuition Go Up?

Here’s your chance to weigh in.

Feb 6, 2011 · Troy Camplin

Egypt’s Revolution and Higher Education

What happens when thousands of well-educated college graduates can’t find jobs?

Feb 1, 2011 · Jane S. Shaw

Is College a Bad Public Good?

The debate over whether higher education is a public or a private good may miss the point.

Jan 25, 2011 · George Leef

The Secret Is Out About Law Schools

Law schools are reluctant to grapple with the oversupply problem.

Jan 7, 2011 · Duke Cheston

What a Load

A Texas A&M study of faculty productivity led a reporter to scrutinize a university department at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Dec 29, 2010 · Martin Center Staff

Ten Busy Years, Ten Key Events

Higher education has been in a state of turmoil over the past decade, and here are ten of the reasons.

Dec 6, 2010 · Jason Jones

The Truth about Campus Crime

In spite of the headlines, campuses are generally safe; watch out for the neighborhood, though.