Required to Graduate: Mandatory Volunteering
A North Carolina Senate bill will add a community service requirement for graduation for almost every college in the state.
Innovation
College isn’t the only path to human flourishing. Individuals’ postsecondary choices should be aligned with individual academic preparation, talents, and preferences, and education providers should be able to experiment with new methods and models. The following articles highlight new programs, identify barriers, and suggest policies that encourage innovation.
Gaining Freedom from Federal Controls
Jun 3, 2008 ·
Larry Arnn
Hillsdale College’s innovative loan program frees the Michigan school from many government regulations.
A Tale of Two State University Systems
May 27, 2008 ·
Jane S. Shaw
One proposes central control and rapid expansion; the other, better education at lower costs.
Warning–Honest Grading Can be Hazardous to Your Job
May 20, 2008 ·
George Leef
Biology prof axed for not inflating grades.
Our Readers’ Recommendations
May 8, 2008 ·
Jay Schalin
Some readers responded to our call for summer reading programs with ideas of their own.
Bucking the System, Diversity-Style
May 2, 2008 ·
George Leef
Accrediting agencies often push ideological goals, as George Mason University’s law school discovered the hard way.
A Dream Derailed
Apr 4, 2008 ·
Jenna A. Robinson
Martin Luther King’s dream of a color-blind society is threatened by government racial preferences.
Rejecting Victimhood for Individuality
Mar 13, 2008 ·
Jenna A. Robinson
Women’s History Month should feature more praise for individual achievement and less whining about men.
Shaking Up the System
Mar 7, 2008 ·
Jay Schalin
Major changes such as expansion into underserved communities and centralization of command are coming to the UNC system.
Deconstructing America by Decree
Dec 26, 2007 ·
Jay Schalin
Assume that a popularly-elected government enacts a law. The law has the backing of an overwhelming majority of the people. Yet government officials decide they don’t like the law and choose to ignore it.
The above describes a clear violation of the single most important foundation of a free society: rule of law. It also describes the actions of many decision makers in our federal and state governments regarding illegal immigration. Federal law clearly states that foreign citizens of any age who enter our country outside of legal channels are to be deported. And yet the powers-that-be find endless logic-defying means to cloud the issue, against the law and the will of the people.
The issue rose to the forefront recently in North Carolina because the community college system decided that illegal aliens should be officially admitted as students, pending a legislative review.