Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. Senate’s initial vote to shrink the size of UNC’s Board of Governors. Jesse Saffron’s Daily Journal focuses on recent controversies…
Jesse Saffron
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Jesse Saffron reports for Carolina Journal Online on high salaries among University of North Carolina bureaucrats. Jon Sanders’ Daily Journal examines lawmakers’ decision to end the health care “certificate of…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Jesse Saffron reports for Carolina Journal Online on an employer survey that suggests UNC system graduates are deficient in work skills. John Hood’s Daily Journal theorizes that many 2016 presidential…
Liberty
Misinformation.edu
The information coming out of academia is often suspect. We get told such shaky assertions as: going to college increases lifetime earnings by a million dollars; for each dollar “invested”…
Liberty
Do we need another university research park?
The UNC Board of Governors thinks we do — at East Carolina. Is this likely to be a great boon to the area — or another boondoggle like the Global…
Liberty
ECU’s Field of (Pipe) Dreams
University public-private research parks have been proliferating rapidly in the last couple of decades. Eight UNC campuses already have one, and another was recently approved for East Carolina University. The…
Liberty
College Bubble Hawks vs. Bubble Deniers
There have been a lot of enduring debates over the decades: Ginger vs. Mary Anne, Tastes Great vs. Less Filling, Global Warming Alarmism vs. Global Warming Denial. Generally, people have…
Liberty
Time for universities to grow a backbone!
Jesse Saffron’s latest article, “Reforms aimed at fighting grade inflation are falling short,” exposes some ugly truths about grade inflation: that it plagues most college campuses and that policies used…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Jesse Saffron reports for Carolina Journal Online that Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget plan seeks efficiencies within the UNC system. Mitch Kokai’s Daily Journal welcomes a surprising addition to the ranks…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Jesse Saffron reports for Carolina Journal Online about the UNC system’s efforts to enhance its “global brand.” John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses on U.S. Sen. Richard Burr’s key role in…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Jesse Saffron reports for Carolina Journal Online that the UNC system is lowering admission standards for three campuses in 2015. Roy Cordato’s Daily Journal explores economic nonsense tied to the…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Jesse Saffron reports for Carolina Journal Online that low-productivity degree programs at UNC schools are hard to end. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why state policymakers should focus on long-term…