Do College Rankings Mean Anything?
On August 20th, the annual “America’s Best Colleges” issue of U.S. News & World Report was released. Among North Carolina schools, Duke was tied for fifth, Wake Forest 27th, UNC-Chapel Hill 29th, and NC State 86th.
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.
Conservatives criticize UNC-Chapel Hill reading program again
Aug 13, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
RALEIGH – Conservatives students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are criticizing the Summer Reading Program again. The surprise is that this year, the program’s selection, made for the first time with an open selections process, was expected to avoid the sort of criticism previous selections endured.
Inspired by Sept. 11, some new college courses dismissed as ‘psychobabble’
Feb 15, 2002 ·
Jon Sanders
New courses inspired by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 have been developed on college campuses nationwide. Most deal matter-of-factly with the issues, but some have come under criticism for being “gadfly courses” and “politically correct pseudo-courses.”
Bill would study giving illegal immigrants access to in-state tuition rates
Jan 18, 2002 ·
Jon Sanders
Some illegal immigrants may now pay resident tuition to attend public universities in California, thanks to legislation signed last year by Gov. Gray Davis and a vote this week by the University of California Board of Regents. In North Carolina, a bill before the Senate would create a commission to study doing the same thing here.
UNC-Chapel Hill mulls opening business school in Qatar
Dec 15, 2001 ·
Jon Sanders
As the liberation of Afghanistan continues unabated and well ahead of schedule, and as Hamas takes credit for another bloody round of suicide-bomb attacks on civilians and teenagers in Israel, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mulls a proposal to open a business school in the Emirate of Qatar.
Accreditation has no clothes
Jan 15, 2001 ·
George Leef
Accreditation is one of those “the emperor is wearing no clothes” phenomena overloading our educational system.
Free-Market Foundation Helps Build Unique, Low-Tuition School
Nov 16, 2000 ·
Martin Center Staff
Thanks to the help of a free-market minded organization, a private law school in Germany is helping students abroad obtain a solid and affordable legal education.
Student Congress Backs Universal Health Care
Jun 22, 2000 ·
Martin Center Staff
The Student Congress of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently expressed its support of legislative efforts to provide universal health care in North Carolina.
NEA Gives Thumbs Up to Distance Education
Jun 15, 2000 ·
Martin Center Staff
The National Education Association (NEA) this week released a study showing positive support among NEA-member faculty for distance education. The study polled more than 400 plus instructors who had taught distance-learning courses and 130 who had not in an effort to assess distance learning’s strengths and weaknesses. Currently, one in 10 higher-education NEA members teaches a distance-learning course.
UNC-TV Needs $65 Million
May 4, 2000 ·
Martin Center Staff
On Wednesday, less than ten hours before UNC-TV aired a documentary showcasing UNC’s facilities needs, UNC-TV director and general manager Tom Howe told the Joint Select Committee on Higher Education Facilities Needs that UNC-TV needs $65 million in state money to meet a federal mandate.