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Understanding Chapel Hill’s Tuition Giveaway

Aug 31, 2023 · Teresa Lichtenwalner · Comments Off on Understanding Chapel Hill’s Tuition Giveaway

On July 7, UNC-Chapel Hill announced a policy change. Beginning in 2024, the UNC System’s flagship will waive tuition and fees for in-state students whose family income is below or … Continue reading “Understanding Chapel Hill’s Tuition Giveaway”


A Successful Grad-Student Unionization Effort at Duke

Aug 28, 2023 · Dan E. Way · Comments Off on A Successful Grad-Student Unionization Effort at Duke

Duke University graduate students’ years-long effort to unionize is a microcosm of a growing national trend that is splintering opinion about the form and future of a traditional academic province. … Continue reading “A Successful Grad-Student Unionization Effort at Duke”


Did You Know? Chinese Government Influence at North Carolina Colleges

Dec 17, 2020 · Jenna A. Robinson · Comments Off on Did You Know? Chinese Government Influence at North Carolina Colleges

Three universities in North Carolina host chapters of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, a group with ties to the Chinese government. According to a May article in Campus Reform, … Continue reading “Did You Know? Chinese Government Influence at North Carolina Colleges”


Pervasive Sex Discrimination at North Carolina Universities

Dec 7, 2020 · Adam Kissel · Comments Off on Pervasive Sex Discrimination at North Carolina Universities

Pervasive Sex Discrimination at North Carolina Universities, a new report by Adam Kissel, examines five of North Carolina’s largest universities – UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte,  North Carolina State University, Wake Forest … Continue reading “Pervasive Sex Discrimination at North Carolina Universities”


Where Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Come From?

Nov 2, 2020 · Shannon Watkins · Comments Off on Where Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Come From?

“People that work at universities and newspapers should be the most intellectually free people in the world.” Few would vocally disagree with these words recently said by former New York … Continue reading “Where Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Come From?”


An Open Letter to Duke President Price about Anti-Racism

Aug 11, 2020 · John Staddon · Comments Off on An Open Letter to Duke President Price about Anti-Racism

Dear President Price: On June 17, you published a 1,400-word “Statement to the Community Regarding Anti-Racism.” The document contains many expressions of concern, fully in tune with the current national … Continue reading “An Open Letter to Duke President Price about Anti-Racism”


Universities Appease China, Ignore Human Rights Abuses

Aug 5, 2020 · Christopher Balding · Comments Off on Universities Appease China, Ignore Human Rights Abuses

Long the vanguard of liberal change, the American university now leads the appeasement of a hardened authoritarian China. The interest in promoting a broader community of scholars has given way … Continue reading “Universities Appease China, Ignore Human Rights Abuses”


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”


The Intellectual and Moral Decline in Academic Research

Jan 29, 2020 · Edward Archer · Comments Off on The Intellectual and Moral Decline in Academic Research

For most of the past century, the United States was the pre-eminent nation in science and technology. The evidence for that is beyond dispute: Since 1901, American researchers have won … Continue reading “The Intellectual and Moral Decline in Academic Research”


Free Expression at Duke: What Do Freshmen Blue Devils Think?

Jan 20, 2020 · Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill · Comments Off on Free Expression at Duke: What Do Freshmen Blue Devils Think?

As director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Campus Free Expression Project, I am always eager to get beyond the DC beltway to learn how students understand free expression on their … Continue reading “Free Expression at Duke: What Do Freshmen Blue Devils Think?”

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