New Chancellor at UNC—Good Move or Blunder?

Apr 17, 2013 by George Leef |

Carol Folt, chancellor-elect comes from Dartmouth, an Ivy League college that has one-seventh the students and no athletic scholarships.

“Fixing” UNC’s African American Studies Department

Jan 23, 2013 by George Leef |

Jay Schalin writes for the Pope Center on UNC's new hire.

Colleges Use Space Inefficiently

Oct 31, 2012 by George Leef |

The poor utilization of campus space is one of the many reasons why higher education costs too much.

Stop Treating Trustees Like Mushrooms

Aug 22, 2012 by George Leef |

Most college and university trustees are generally kept in the dark; they need independence to get the right information.

Lacking Critical Scrutiny and Oversight

May 16, 2012 by George Leef |

Black Studies programs have not had critical scrutiny and oversight, but that might change.

UNC Hosts Stage Adaptation of Common Book Assignment ‘Eating Animals’

Nov 30, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |

This fall the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted several events related to its common reading assignment, Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer. 

Faculty Productivity

Jan 07, 2011 by George Leef |

In today's Pope Center piece, Duke Cheston writes about his findings regarding the UNC political science department. Have tenured faculty engaged in some successful "rent seeking" to reduce the amount of teaching time they… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >

What’s the Value of Freshman Composition Courses?

Dec 10, 2010 by George Leef |

Here's an essay about a composition course at UNC that was a waste of time.  No student, who wanted to improve his writing, would buy a course like this in a stand-alone, free market transaction.

Are Universities Our “Engines of Innovation”?

Nov 22, 2010 by George Leef |

UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp recently published a book in which he maintains that universities are the country's "engines of innovation." In today's Pope Center article, however, Jay Schalin runs that notion past a real… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >

UNC Radicals Intolerant of Free Speech by Others

Oct 28, 2009 by George Leef |

One day last April, most of the copies of the UNC conservative publication Carolina Journal were stolen. Who dunnit? No evidence was at hand and the matter was forgotten -- until the school's SDS chapter posted some… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >

Outbreak of Civilized Debate at UNC!

Oct 14, 2009 by George Leef |

In this week's Clarion Call, my Pope Center colleague Jay Schalin writes about an unexpected development -- an outbreak of civilized debate at the University of North Carolina. Last spring, freedom of speech seemed to be on… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >

Deacon Garb at UNC

Oct 08, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |

Wild West killer-for-hire "Deacon" Jim Miller dressed the part of a church-going citizen.  Why does UNC Chapel Hill lecture series  on "Renewing the Western Tradition" come to mind? Peter Wood writes at NAS.org:

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(Wild) Western Civilization

Oct 07, 2009 by Peter Wood |

Wild West killer-for-hire "Deacon" Jim Miller dressed the part of a church-going citizen. Why does UNC Chapel Hill lecture series on "Renewing the Western Tradition" come to mind?

For Shame!

Jun 08, 2009 by Peter Wood |

On the transformation of the idea of "shame" - and how the right kind of shame is seen as honorable. Especially on the college campus.

Thursday The Complet

Apr 16, 2009 by Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood |

Tea Parties, maintaining a belief system, UNC apologizes, grade inflation, coming soon, and Atkinson's war