Clarion Call | 2010 Archive

Clarion Call is an article that examines a different topic each week in higher education in North Carolina and the Country.

March

Mar. 10th — Myths of the Ivory Tower

Here’s a list of ten commonly-held beliefs in academia that don’t square with what the rest of the country thinks.

Mar. 2nd — Airy Rhetoric Versus Gritty Reality

In the PBS debate on the economic benefits of more college graduates, the facts spoke for themselves.

Feb. 23rd — What’s the Latest Academic Fad?

A major university association proposes a globalization agenda long on costs but short on justification.

Feb. 16th — Requiem for a Heavyweight

A conservative writer offers his take on UNC president Erskine Bowles, perhaps North Carolina's best-known Democrat.

Feb. 11th — Forget U.

Tradition depends on memory, but modern culture depends on forgetting.

Feb. 9th — Why Are Conservatives Rare on College Faculties?

Seven professors (Munger, Bean, Folsom, Bauerlein, Grabar, Anderson, Bertonneau) comment on a controversial theory.

Feb. 4th — Literacy Lost

University faculty are finally noticing that college students don’t read very well, but Neil Postman and Jacques Ellul saw it years ago.

Feb. 2nd — Danny Glover Plays Chapel Hill

The Hollywood gadfly brought his unique brand of radical politics to UNC-Chapel Hill's Martin Luther King celebration.

Jan. 28th — Can't Read, Can't Watch, Can't Comprehend

Today's post-literate students don't read movies any better than they read books.

Jan. 26th — Justice O'Connor Rethinks Her Grutter Decision

But will a future Court pay any more attention to evidence about diversity than hers did?

Jan. 19th — "Higher" Education Has Been "Lowered"

A new book by an unconventional sociologist diagnoses the problem and prescribes the medicine.

Jan. 12th — Inquiring Minds Ought To Know

The search for a new chancellor at N.C. State should have been conducted more openly, given the reason that the position was vacant (corruption).

Jan. 6th — Good News/Bad News on Education Schools

Education Secretary Duncan wants to improve them, but doesn’t really understand their problems.