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The Balance Sheet Dilemma 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
In a 2009 Pope Center article, Professor Robert Blumenthal poses several questions to parents and prospective college students: “Does the institution [you’re considering] have sufficient financial res...
My Alumni Weekend at Macalester 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Early June is alumni weekend time at many private colleges, where past graduates gather to revisit old haunts, compare notes with fellow classmates, and hear stirring pronouncements from current admin...
Additional Details for the State of the State University Report 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
In August 2013, the Pope Center published a report on the University of North Carolina system, State of the State University. It has extensive graphs covering (over the past decade) such issues as enr...
UNC-Chapel Hill's Diversity Residence is Divisive 20 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
This year, a plan for a “gender-neutral” housing complex at UNC-Chapel Hill drew lots of attention, first from the state legislature, and then from the university system’s governing body, the UNC Boar...
The Limits on "Telling It Like It Is" 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
In today’s quarrels over politicized instruction, it is always assumed that eschewing ideological bias is pedagogically possible. That is, a professor, regardless of personal ideology, can instruct ob...
Offsetting Grade Inflation 15 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
In 2008, a committee of faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill was astounded to discover that the average grade of a Carolina student was 3.213—well over a B average. Led by Andrew Perrin, a professor of ...
Lessons in How Not to Teach Math 13 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
I am a mathematics teacher. I majored in math and, prior to going into teaching, used it throughout my career. My facility with math is due to good teaching and good textbooks. I fully expected the sa...
University Governance's Missing Link 11 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer on July 15, 2013. This has been a rough year for the University of North Carolina system. An ongoing scandal involving bo...
How Multiculturalism Transformed My College 8 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
The historian Polybius famously observed that empires deteriorate either internally or from without. In some cases, however, they fall apart in both ways. This latter situation applies to American hig...
Back Stage at the Admissions Office 6 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
We often hear officials at America’s elite colleges and universities crowing about their “rich and interesting” student bodies, and how they assemble them by using “holistic” procedures to evaluate th...
