House releases budget proposal
RALEIGH – University of North Carolina system’s funding will be increased by more than $46 million, according to the House budget bill that was released Friday.
Academics
Future leaders in business, government, and civil society need more than just job skills. The following articles defend the value of liberal education, with a focus on academic quality and rigor, fundamental knowledge, and the ideas that have shaped Western Civilization. They also scrutinize academic programs that have departed from these ideals in the name of progressive ideology.
Faulty Towers
May 28, 2004 ·
George Leef
Faulty Towers by Ryan C. Amacher and Roger E. Meiners Independent Institute, 2004 109pp., $14.95 One of the wonderful things about the study of economics is that it helps you … Continue reading “Faulty Towers”
N.C. State doesn’t need a chancellor afraid of public scrutiny
Now they’re signing confidentiality agreements at North Carolina State University to keep the public from learning anything about the chancellor search at the state’s largest public university.
‘Price creep’ on chancellor pay extends from California to Carolina
May 20, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
This spring Chancellor Marye Anne Fox surprised folks at North Carolina State University and the UNC system when she announced that she had accepted the chancellorship at the University of California at San Diego. It didn’t take long, however, for people at UNC to find an old foe to blame for Fox’s departure: low pay.
Campus bias forum mixes politics with academic integrity
May 17, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
DURHAM – North Carolina is not the only state where campus bias is a major concern.
Legislators review proposed education budget
May 12, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
RALEIGH – Criticism of proposed cuts in community college funding was among the topics addressed by legislators during a meeting Wednesday on adjustments to the state’s education spending plans.
Legislators also addressed concerns regarding a proposed $27 million cut to the University of North Carolina system budget. The UNC system did receiving funding increases in the proposed budget, including $64 million due to increased enrollment.
Budget adjustment proposal released
May 11, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
Higher education spending in North Carolina would increase by nearly $112 million, according to budget figures presented during a Joint Appropriations Committee meeting May 11 at the Legislative Office Building.
Albright, Powell highlight N.C.graduation speakers
May 10, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
With the ongoing War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, graduates at some area colleges will hear, first hand, from two individuals who have been involved in policy decisions regarding Iraq and the Middle East.
Forum discusses academic freedom
North Carolina is not the only state where campus bias is a concern. That was evident during a forum held Saturday at Robert “Whit” Whitfield’s campaign headquarters for the 4th District House of Representatives seat. That seat is currently held by Rep. David Price, D-N.C.
UNC gays define ‘perversion’: Codes that protect white, heterosexual males, too
Apr 26, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
RALEIGH— Homosexual activists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are circulating a petition to stop “a perversion of anti-discrimination codes.” The perversion? Such codes might actually be used to protect a “white, heterosexual, [C]hristian male,” too. Egad!