When gas prices increase, I think twice about taking car trips that aren?t absolutely necessary. Joe Coletti says the same principle should apply to my water use. He explains why in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Wood?s about as basic to human life as water, and Bob Slocum, executive vice president of the N.C. Forestry Association, will explain the importance of wood products to the North Carolina economy.
Terry Stoops will join us to explain how the UNC system could boost its teacher training program through charter schools, and we?ll hear two additional perspectives on improving higher education.
Stephen Balch, president and founder of the National Association of Scholars, discusses the challenges linked to pursuing excellence within colleges and universities, while Richard Brake of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute shines a light on a fact of college life that is far from excellent. Brake is highlighting the recent ISI study, ?Failing Our Students, Failing America,? which reveals how little civic knowledge a typical college student develops on campus.
