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Arguments about the proposed School of Civic Life and Leadership are about politics, not process.
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The University of Austin hopes to upend the existing higher-education model.
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Reclaiming foundational ideas is as important as bulking up career preparation.
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Should a eugenicist’s name be removed from the chapel he built? It’s complicated.
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In North Carolina and elsewhere, the source is university schools of education.
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A number of significant bills have made “crossover” in North Carolina's current legislative session.
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A Duke physician pushes back against the racism-as-a-public-health-crisis narrative.
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An unfolding legal saga at the UNC-System institution may expose dramatic threats to free speech.
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HB 931 will improve campus debates and ban flagrantly ideological hiring.
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Recent moves by UNC Charlotte and East Carolina University should be applauded.
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A five-year-old program aims to teach students to argue without rancor.
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A bill currently under consideration would make several useful changes.
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Graduate and professional programs, too, should consider time-to-degree reductions.
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The General Assembly may consider changes to existing higher-ed law.
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Is Professor Lara Sheehi practicing antisemitism? Consider the evidence.
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Across the university system, digitization continues apace.
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The University of California has banned fully-online undergraduate degrees. Good.
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A professor wants to protect speech, but also to keep students from being “harmed.”
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A closer look at the numbers reveals a more subtle story.
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Behind the lauded free-speech declaration is a standard-issue progressive institution.
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Recent meetings suggest a focus on race and ideology, not institutional oversight.
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Expansion of existing programs may be necessary in the future.
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Calls to do so are politically motivated and ignore statistical reality.
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“Thought reform” at American universities is real and terrifying.
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The General Assembly has an obligation to encourage civic literacy on UNC campuses.
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Notes on an educational trend that may, or may not, be the future.
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A concerned student responds to the new technology.
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It’s time for the federal government to reduce higher-ed costs by fiat.
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In the name of “diversity,” the UNC-System institution may have violated federal law.
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Shortening the average time-to-degree makes economic sense.
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A new report provides mixed advice to scientists and researchers looking to regain confidence in their work.
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Policy adoptions are useless without enforcement mechanisms.
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Will the ed-tech startup partner successfully with UNC-System schools?
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Faith-based colleges can resist the heavy hand of government—if they dare.
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