The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Ivory Tower’s resistence to meaningful change is its greatest danger.
The Court Revisits Affirmative Action
In Fisher v. Texas, the Supreme Court can return to the wisdom of Brown—racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.
Education for Liberty
Advocates of limited government can turn pending changes in higher education to their advantage.
Misreading the Qur’an, a UNC Tradition
Ten years after a selecting a book about the Qur’an that evoked enormous controversy, the same professor is at it again.
Academia: The World’s Leading Social Problem
Can entrepreneurs combat the narrow-minded ideologies on our campuses?
How Bad Are For-Profit Colleges?
Senator Harkin’s investigation discloses serious problems but misses the core problem.
Desperately Seeking Principled Leadership
Recent high-profile scandals in the University of North Carolina system show the need for reform-minded leaders.
A Letter to a Young Scholar
A professor provides guidance for a bright student who wants to become a professor himself.
UNC’s Diversity Bureaucracy
A Pope Center survey reveals that diversity offices in the UNC system took few hits during the recent recession.
Barely Guilty
The wealth gap in America may be widening, but higher education has very little to do with it.