Did You Know? UNC’s Plan for Fall
With campus scheduled to reopen in the fall, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has released a preliminary roadmap outlining how they plan to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. Although…
Do the Math…or Not
When it comes to math performance, the United States has a pitiful record. Each year, about 1 million students enroll in college algebra and about 50 percent of those students…
UNC-Chapel Hill Creates Commission to Battle ‘Invisible Racism’
To say that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has experienced racial tensions in the last few years would be an understatement. The most visible source of conflict…
A War Against ‘Normal’
A question of power is at the heart of the new and interesting book by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay. The Anglo-American liberal duo did a tremendous service to the…
Idaho’s Higher Education Earthquake?
Higher education reform will only come from the outside, probably from political reform. Or so we thought. Along came the coronavirus, also an outside force, that is upsetting the status…
Did You Know? UNC Schools Will (Likely) Not Raise Tuition This Year
The UNC Board of Governors’ Committee on Budget and Finance voted on Wednesday to freeze tuition and fees for the 2020-2021 academic year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Testing Affirmative Action
Even though Harvard won the first round in its battle with Students for Fair Admissions, a case challenging the university’s affirmative action policy, the judge did not address the deep…
How UNC Can Save Money Post-COVID-19
UNC has announced its intent to reopen all 16 campuses this fall with in-person instruction. But the system will have to make significant changes before moving forward. Jenna A. Robinson…
New Title IX Regulations Restore Due Process–But There’s a Battle Ahead
In the latest case where a male student sued his college over the unfair procedures it used to expel him, Colgate University in New York will go to trial. So…
How Colleges Get Rid of Conservative Admins: An Example from UNC
When I accepted an administrative position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, friends warned me that I would not fit in as a conservative. I dismissed their…