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As the Amy Wax affair shows, colleges have grown to love conformity more.
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Dogged by delays, a system to award college credits for military service may finally be on the horizon.
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American policymakers would be wise to take note.
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Increasing student obligations is difficult during an inflationary cycle.
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It’s time to take college degrees off their legal pedestal.
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A new report reveals the extent of the problem.
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Introductory college courses may have some catching up to do.
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A new NAIA–Mantra Health partnership hopes to address the problem.
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Hatched on college campuses, "critical pedagogies" have begun to leave the nest.
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Falling demand and soaring costs are creating an unsustainable higher-ed economy.
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Faculty convocation? More like political pontification.
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And why universities’ efforts are doomed to fail.
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A new diagnostic tool hopes to quantify, and cure, an academic cancer.
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In North Carolina and elsewhere, recent changes may spell the end of amateurism.
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A little-known design feature suggests the connection may be tenuous.
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The situation must be dire indeed.
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Here's how to get them.
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College admissions at UNC and elsewhere should be decided on the merits.
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The UNC System may need to trim some fat.
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Locked-in tuition rates and declining federal largesse will mean less spending flexibility.
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Regressive and probably unconstitutional, the president's order will solve nothing.
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To understand universities’ problems, look elsewhere.
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Time for a curriculum rewrite.
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A Manhattan Institute paper suggests the consequences can be significant.
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Falling academic standards are likely responsible.
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For the reform-minded, the United Kingdom shows the way.
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In his new book, a Duke emeritus professor diagnoses the problem.
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The Alumni Free Speech Alliance proves that the fight is not over.
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A flagship journal's latest issue tells the tale.
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Colleges and universities nationwide are quickly adopting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideologies, and the UNC System is no exception.
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There is much discussion in academia at present about the future of tenure.
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Last week, the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees passed two important resolutions on campus viewpoint neutrality. With the addition of these protections, UNC’s free-speech policies are among the best in the nation.
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A good many Americans are aware of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI), a vogue phrase signaling the application of Critical Race Theory.
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Politicians and activists are making increasingly strident claims that democracy is under attack and that democratic norms are being threatened. Yet, when it comes to the true point of democracy—namely, the voting public determining public policy—the biggest threat is a subtle one.
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