Liberty
Young men adrift: looking beneath the surface
A new survey from the Institute for Family Studies asks why so many young men are adrift, disconnected and disengaged from today’s world. The study, conducted by YouGov between April…
Vocational education
studies that prepares a person for a specific occupation
Liberty
Trump touts new Harvard trade schools
Steven Nelson writes for the New York Post about the president’s response to a potential deal with the nation’s oldest university. President Trump said Tuesday that Harvard University has reached…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Martin Center column touts industry-backed certificate programs
Laurence Peterson writes for the Martin Center about a useful alternative to traditional higher education. Even though experts believe college is still worth the cost, employers question the value to…
Education
Martin Center column highlights student debt’s impact on dropouts
Megan Arnold writes for the Martin Center about a group hit particularly hard by student loan debt. I can’t remember a single alternative to college proposed to me, for me,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Martin Center column examines pandemic’s impact on the job market
Christian Barnard writes for the Martin Center about potential long-term economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. The types of jobs available before and after the Great Recession starkly differ. With…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Overeducated and underskilled
Another new paper finds that colleges are increasingly the wrong way to go for good jobs, producing debt-ridden graduates who are “overeducated and underskilled.” Instead of college, Veronique de Rugy…
Education
No, “Upskillers” Are Not Community college “Dropouts”
This week, Carolina Journal published an opinion piece written by Shannon Watkins from the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. The piece centered around community college ‘noncompleters;’ that is,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Rowe knows the ills of student loans
Joseph Curl highlights for the Daily Wire an assessment of the student loan debt problem from TV’s Mike Rowe. Rowe, the host of “Somebody’s Gotta Do It” and former host…
Education
Dan Forest releases his education plan
Gubernatorial candidate Dan Forest unveiled his education plan today. There are four themes to the plan. Parents Pick Expand the Opportunity Scholarship program to every N.C. family. Level the playing…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Martin Center column focuses on apprenticeships
Kristiana Bolzman writes for the Martin Center about recent developments related to apprenticeships. A quick scan of the news confirms that college students spend more on higher education than ever…
Liberty
High Point mayor proposes pulling out of Guilford County Schools
In his State of the City address earlier this week, High Point Mayor Jay Wagner proposed pulling HP’s schools out of Guilford County Schools and establishing a city school system:…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Martin Center column offers career training contrast
Abigail Burrola writes for the Martin Center about two different approaches to career training. When students graduate high school, they know about the benefits of a college degree but not…