Megan Zogby writes for the Martin Center about N.C. State University’s “quixotic” foreign language requirement. For decades, universities have required students to fulfill a foreign language requirement. However, some research…
The Martin Center features Duke emeritus professor John Staddon’s open letter to the university’s president. Dear President Price: On June 17, you published a 1,400-word “Statement to the Community Regarding…
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center devotes her latest column to the University of North Carolina’s efforts to deal with troubling aspects of its history. On June 8, interim UNC…
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center directs her latest column toward addressing disturbing developments at the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus. When the University of North Carolina leadership and…
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center focuses on the questionable mission of a new commission at UNC-Chapel Hill. To say that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has…
Jacob Howland writes for the Martin Center about problems plaguing one Oklahoma school. Suffering from self-inflicted wounds, the University of Tulsa is sick and getting sicker. This is a case…
Kari Travis of Carolina Journal Online interviews new UNC System board chairman Randy Ramsey about his top priorities. John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses on the importance of freedom of action.
Jay Schalin of the Martin Center focuses on efforts to boost the level of civil discourse at UNC-Chapel Hill. An important new front in the culture war has opened up…
Jenna Robinson of the Martin Center devotes her latest column to lessons other universities can learn from Purdue’s tuition freeze. Purdue University started the tuition-freeze trend in 2013. Under the…
John Hasnas writes for the Martin Center about the “diversity distortion.” What accounts for the rapid proliferation of university departments devoted to the study of minority cultural identity? Raising this…
Michael DeBow writes for the Martin Center about efforts to thwart the for-profit sector in higher education. During the Obama years, the Department was dominated by people who regarded for-profit…
Magdalene Horzempa writes for the Martin Center about UNC-Chapel Hill’s support for “social justice” protesters. Campus protests started in the 1960s, but protests on today’s college campuses have a different…