Leading Legislators Astray
A policy report about higher education by a leading think tank gives state legislators misleading information.
Affirmative Action Keeps Some Students Out
Selective colleges and universities turn away highly qualified Asian students so they can have more “diversity.”
Fertile Ground for Budget Cuts
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension has strayed from its original agricultural mission.
We’re All Diversity Advocates Now
When strolling through the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, one never ventures far before hearing the buzzwords that typify a large, left-leaning public university.
Hundreds of do-good student activists promote “awareness” about a multitude of issues or campaigns. Others relentlessly seek to foster “dialogue” but when engaged by opposing points of view, quickly resort to the ad hominem attacks of “racism” or “xenophobia.” And nearly everyone—students and faculty members alike—has a particular demographic group it wishes to “empower” over others.
The word you hear most often from campus activists, however, is “diversity.” Racial diversity, ethnic diversity, gender diversity, and even diversity of sexual orientation are all embraced and obsessed over on college campuses. UNC’s fetish over these superficial forms of diversity blocks out concern over intellectual diversity, which should be the primary mission of any institution of higher education.
Forced Association Is Not Free Association
A Supreme Court case tests whether public universities can exclude student groups that restrict membership to those who share their beliefs.
Stick It to the Taxpayer
President Obama’s plan to forgive college loan debts in exchange for “public service” needlessly foists the cost on taxpayers.
“Will Work for State Appropriations”
Governor Perdue’s budget proposal kicks off the start of the serious higher education lobbying season in North Carolina.
A “Textbook Case” of Government Overreach
A recent law puts the federal camel’s under the textbook publishing tent.
The Bologna Process: Not About Making Sausage
But will it really improve higher education in Europe?
Don’t Blame Us!
An expert in legal writing responds to Charles Rounds’ critique of law schools—and throws in some critiques of his own.