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Kathryn Goodwin

Kathryn Goodwin is a Martin Center Intern and a junior studying political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Articles by Kathryn Goodwin


Did You Know? Demands to Change the ‘Tar Heel’ Name

Sep 3, 2020 · Kathryn Goodwin · Comments Off on Did You Know? Demands to Change the ‘Tar Heel’ Name

On July 13, a dozen people from the Union Soldier Campaign protested to get leaders of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to drop “Tar Heels” as the … Continue reading “Did You Know? Demands to Change the ‘Tar Heel’ Name”


Did You Know? Without Foreign Students, NC Schools Would Take a Big Hit

Jul 30, 2020 · Kathryn Goodwin · Comments Off on Did You Know? Without Foreign Students, NC Schools Would Take a Big Hit

On July 6, the Trump administration announced new guidelines that would revoke the  F-1 visas of international college students if their schools did not hold in-person classes in the fall. … Continue reading “Did You Know? Without Foreign Students, NC Schools Would Take a Big Hit”


Did You Know? The Fight Over Renaming Buildings at North Carolina Colleges

Jul 23, 2020 · Kathryn Goodwin · Comments Off on Did You Know? The Fight Over Renaming Buildings at North Carolina Colleges

On June 17, the Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted to end the moratorium on renaming campus buildings associated with white supremacy or … Continue reading “Did You Know? The Fight Over Renaming Buildings at North Carolina Colleges”


Did You Know? The Partisan Split in Re-opening Colleges

Jul 16, 2020 · Kathryn Goodwin · Comments Off on Did You Know? The Partisan Split in Re-opening Colleges

About 67 percent of four-year colleges plan to re-open in the fall for in-person classes, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Those re-openings tend to be in states with … Continue reading “Did You Know? The Partisan Split in Re-opening Colleges”

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  • The Strange World of “Citational Justice” May 31, 2023

    The latest fresh hell is citational justice. Which is quotas for footnotes. Now we’re supposed to track the group identity of the authors we cite and make sure there are … Continue reading “The Strange World of “Citational Justice””

  • Undoing “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Requires Alumni Effort May 29, 2023

    An historic battle is waging over the future of higher education in the U.S. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. The presenting issues are critical social justice theory and freedom … Continue reading “Undoing “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Requires Alumni Effort”

  • How Our College Leaders “Cull the Herd” May 26, 2023

    Every so often, one of our college leaders blurts out the truth about their feelings and beliefs. In their public pronouncements, they always try to appear reasonable, when they’re actually … Continue reading “How Our College Leaders “Cull the Herd””

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    On April 4 of this year, the academic-services firm Turnitin activated a software designed to catch a certain kind of student plagiarist. As has been widely discussed on the Martin … Continue reading “The State of AI-Chatbot Detection”

  • The Strange World of “Citational Justice” May 31, 2023

    The latest fresh hell is citational justice. Which is quotas for footnotes. Now we’re supposed to track the group identity of the authors we cite and make sure there are … Continue reading “The Strange World of “Citational Justice””

  • Undoing “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Requires Alumni Effort May 29, 2023

    An historic battle is waging over the future of higher education in the U.S. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. The presenting issues are critical social justice theory and freedom … Continue reading “Undoing “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Requires Alumni Effort”

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