Feb 12, 2026

UNC Tuition Has Already Tripled

The UNC System doesn’t need another increase after 330% growth since 1999.

Last month, members of the UNC System Board of Governors’ Committee on Budget and Finance discussed proposed tuition increases, including increases for in-state undergraduates. This is the first time in…

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Where Are All the Men?

The majority of students sitting in college classrooms today are female. Decades-long efforts to increase female representation in academia appear to have worked—perhaps too well. Women carry two-thirds of all…

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Feb 11, 2026

Should Community Colleges Offer Four-Year Degrees?

More junior colleges are offering four-year bachelor’s degrees in addition to two-year associate’s degrees, and traditional universities hate the competition. But while students and policymakers should welcome new options, junior…

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Feb 9, 2026

State Law Must Supersede Accreditor Requirements

Members of the North Carolina General Assembly have spent years pursuing higher-education reform and reclaiming authority over the state’s university system. Legislators in other states have done likewise. Yet another…

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Feb 6, 2026

Let’s Return to Teaching Students How to Argue

We hear all the time that America is hopelessly polarized, that the electronic landscape allows us to stay in our own hermetically-sealed communities, and that no one can speak with…

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Feb 5, 2026

UW’s Budget Cuts Aren’t Enough

On January 13, 2026, the Wyoming Legislature’s most powerful body—the Joint Appropriations Committee—voted to cut and withhold nearly $61 million from the University of Wyoming’s recommended budget. News of the…

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Feb 4, 2026

Is Sociology Salvageable?

Anyone who pays the slightest bit of attention to academic sociology these days knows there are serious problems. I have been writing about this phenomenon now for a number of…

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Feb 2, 2026

The Missing Men of UNC

Walk into almost any undergraduate classroom in the UNC System today, and one thing becomes immediately apparent: Men are often a minority. This is not something announced in orientation materials…

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Jan 30, 2026

“Equality” Won’t Win Like This

I reveal here that I have finally read a likable DEI book, one that I found so because—beyond any doubt whatever—this book will infuriate the DEI faithful. Make no mistake,…

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