Brakes Required When Good Times Roll Downhill
The North Carolina legislature’s generosity during the boom years is forcing UNC’s budget-cutting efforts.
Great Ideas Do Not Oppress—They Enlighten
A professor defends his advocacy of a Great Books program against an attack by politicized faculty members.
Affirmative Action, the Stealth Version
The University of California’s new admissions policies are an end-run around the state’s race-blind laws.
Getting Under the Skin of “Diversity”
A new book skewers an elitist rationale for admissions preferences.
Let’s Hear Both Sides of the Story
N.C. State’s Millennium Seminar series, which brings high-profile speakers to the Raleigh campus, is a one-sided affair.
Brave New Dorm
Political indoctrination in the guise of “Residence Life” programs took a pounding during a National Association of Scholars debate.
Looking Back on 2008
The Pope Center took five major steps to improve higher education.
Dear Santa
The Pope Center sends a missive to the North Pole asking for four stockings full of education reform.
Avoiding the Taint of Christmas
The decision not to display Christmas trees at the UNC-Chapel Hill libraries reflects the view that Western culture belongs in the ash heap.
The First Amendment Ain’t Broke—Don’t Fix It
Two commissions created to deal with issues raised by hateful graffiti written at N.C. State should favor constitutionality