Arguing for a More Inspirational Curriculum
In-class debates between professors instead of lectures might be a way to rejuvenate students’ interest in the great ideas.
Yale and Berkeley Flunk This Test
A new interactive rating system grades colleges on what’s left of their “core curricula.”
After the Fall
N.C. State’s alumni magazine gathered a panel of key people to make sense of the school’s recent controversies (and kicked off one of its own).
The Culture Chasm at UNC
Selections for a lecture series on “Renewing the Western Tradition” reveal the radically differing perspectives of academics and the rest of us.
Creative Destruction Coming to Higher Ed
The emergence of high-quality online education could revolutionize college education.
What’s In Store
Erskine Bowles has laid out his intentions for the UNC system for the upcoming school year.
Climbing Up the Learning Curve
My three years of probing into the state of higher education result in bemusement, irritation, and then insight.
Cracking the Information Problem
If colleges fail to reveal the quality of their teaching, should the federal government force them to do so?
The Bane of Bureaucracy
A private consultant’s investigation of UNC-Chapel Hill is a model for the reform of higher education business practices.
Where Profit Is a Bad Word
For-profit higher education is like the Rodney Dangerfield of academia—it gets little or no respect.