January 2017
The Past and Future of Higher Education Reform in North Carolina
On Monday, January 30 at 12pm, the Shaftesbury Society is hosting a presentation on "The Past and Future of Higher Education Reform in North Carolina," featuring former North Carolina Governor Jim Martin and Martin Center president Jenna Robinson. Admission is free and open to the public! Register here: https://www.johnlocke.org/event/the-past-and-future-of-higher-education-reform-in-north-carolina/
Find out more »June 2017
Martin Center Summer Session
Our annual summer luncheon will feature Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, and will be held at the Dunhill Hotel in Charlotte, NC on Friday, June 30. Dr. Wood will discuss Making Citizens: How American Universities Teach Civics, a report published by the National Association of Scholars earlier this year. Making Citizens is a study of a new movement in American higher education designed to transform the teaching of civics, where it came from, and why Americans should be concerned.…
Find out more »October 2017
Second Annual Policy Banquet
Join the Martin Center for our annual policy banquet on Wednesday, October 11 at City Club Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina. Our guest speaker will be Robert Shibley, executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Shibley's talk will provide insight into due process on campus - a higher education issue that has recently captured national attention. To purchase tickets or to sponsor entry for a student, select from the…
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UNC System Board of Governors Luncheon
Please join us on Friday, January 26th in welcoming Dr. James R. Otteson! Dr. Otteson will provide his insight on intellectual diversity in higher education during our annual UNC System Board of Governors Luncheon. Dr. James R. Otteson is the executive director of the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism and the executive director of the Eudaimonia Institute at Wake Forest University. Our event will be held at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Friday, January 26th at 1pm. Registration is free and parking will be provided. Click here to RSVP.
Find out more »February 2018
The Bennett Hypothesis Turns 30: How Federal Funding Drives Tuition
In 1987, U.S. Education Secretary Bill Bennett asserted that increases in federal student aid make it possible for universities to increase tuition. In this presentation, Jenna Robinson will describe her new paper analyzing 30 years of research on that idea, which is now called “The Bennett Hypothesis.” Click here to register. This event is a Shaftesbury Society Presentation. Shaftesbury presentations are free and open to the public. Lunch is not available for purchase at the presentation. You are welcome to bring your…
Find out more »March 2018
Martin Center Library Grand Opening
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal is opening its library to the public! Join us for our library's grand opening. Nibble on refreshments and look through our expanding collection of publications on higher education. We welcome your recommendations for additions! Also, we have many wonderful works that don't quite fit in our collection, and we'll be giving these books away to event attendees. Our event lasts from 4:30pm until 6:30pm but feel free to come at any time. Help us…
Find out more »May 2018
Summer Session 2018 – Free Speech on Campus
Our annual summer luncheon will feature Stanley Kurtz and will be held at Events! On Front in Wilmington, NC on Friday, May 18. Dr. Kurtz will discuss free speech on campus, institutional neutrality, and the policy progress that North Carolina has made on both of these issues. Dr. Kurtz is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a contributing editor at National Review Online. His policy proposal (co-authored with Jim Manley and Jonathan Butcher of the Goldwater Institute) served as the model for North Carolina's 2017 campus…
Find out more »October 2018
Third Annual Policy Banquet
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal returns to the City Club Raleigh for its Third Annual Policy Banquet. The banquet, featuring Roger Ream of The Fund for American Studies, will be held on Tuesday, October 23 from 5:30pm-8pm. Keynote speaker Roger Ream is the president of The Fund for American Studies (TFAS), a nonprofit dedicated to changing the world by developing leaders for a free society. Its programs teach the principles of limited government, free-market economics and honorable leadership to students and young professionals in America and around…
Find out more »March 2019
Conference Call: The Politicization of University Schools of Education
Please join the Martin Center for a discussion about one of the most serious issues in higher education: the politicization of education schools. For more information and to register, please visit our event website: https://jamesgmartincenter.networkforgood.com/events/11599-conference-call-the-politicization-of-university-schools-of-education
Find out more »June 2019
Summer Session with Dr. Samuel J. Abrams
To purchase tickets, please visit https://jamesgmartincenter.networkforgood.com/events/12613-summer-session-with-dr-samuel-j-abrams The Martin Center's annual Summer Session luncheon will be held at the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh on Thursday, June 13. Dr. Samuel Abrams, a professor of political science at Sarah Lawrence College, will join us as our keynote speaker! In an October 2018 op-ed piece for The New York Times, Abrams argued that college administrators overwhelmingly align with the left and this ideological imbalance can threaten the free exchange of ideas on campus. A firestorm ensued. Students trashed…
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