James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal | Eastern NC Now
The James G. Martin Center is a continuation of of the John William Pope Foundation, and its continued support of a prudent and wise education paradigm for the people of North Carolina.
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National discussions of college athletics routinely emphasize race.
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University marketers and grant-writers rely on people not being able to question their claims here.
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At a time when only 41 percent of college students graduate in four years—and only 56 percent in five years—colleges and universities across the country are phasing out the only truly objective measure of academic excellence and student success in the application process: standardized tests.
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For years, a contentious and sometimes emotionally heated debate has raged over the issue of letting people discharge their student loan debts in bankruptcy.
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For most of the past century, the United States was the pre-eminent nation in science and technology.
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On the recommendations of Washington and Lee’s “Commission on Institutional History and Community,” the board voted to close off the Recumbent Statue of Robert E. Lee in the university chapel that bears his name and to remove the name of John Robinson from an important campus building.
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The idea of a campus “safe space”—a university-sanctioned oasis where students can go to destress and feel at ease—has had its share of ridicule.
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Researchers have been grumbling about the state of scientific publishing for years.
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After years of expansion, Communist Party-funded Confucius Institutes have seen the tide turn against them at American colleges.
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The University of North Carolina system boasts a diverse set of institutions.
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As director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Campus Free Expression Project, I am always eager to get beyond the DC beltway to learn how students understand free expression on their particular campus.
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In the light of this hope I accept the topic which not only usage but the nature of our association seem to prescribe to this day—the American Scholar.
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As we move into 2020, it is important to assess where we are with the uniquely American phenomenon of elite, commercialized college sports.
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On January 6, the National Association of Scholars (NAS) co-sponsored an event with the Martin Center to introduce a report on the spread of social justice education in the academy.
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Following a growing trend in education called critical mathematics, the Seattle Public School system recently released a framework incorporating ethnic studies into their K-12 mathematics curriculum.
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In other words, most academics find themselves in relative “safe spaces” where they encounter people like themselves.
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With the hyperbole inherent in a politicized topic like student loans, it’s important to step back and look at the data.
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Steven Brint, distinguished professor of sociology and public policy at the University of California, Riverside, has given the public a reminder of why so many students value a college degree.
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Each year, thousands of young people leave college with significant student debt.
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To reach far-flung towns, private planes can be indispensable. The University of North Carolina system, for instance, has an air fleet to shuttle doctors around the state.
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New improvements in the College Scorecard data from the U.S. Department of Education have shown some of the specifics for how well degrees pay off.
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As priorities shift in the minds of higher education leaders and students, it’s important to take stock of recent changes on the local and national levels.
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The College Scorecard, a Department of Education initiative that publishes data on student debt and earnings after graduation for thousands of schools, just got a major update.
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Every American college and university is affected by the issue raised in Professor Beard’s dramatic resignation from Columbia as a protest against trustee autocracy.
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With new data on student debt and earnings released by the Department of Education, high school graduates can make better decisions about which school and major they choose.
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It would be easy to conclude, after a quick look at some topline findings about higher education in recent years, that a set of misguided practices and policies has distorted college enrollment, completion, and costs.
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The social sciences have a problem: If their scholars think too much alike, they will be blinded to the flaws and gaps in their research.
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Default rates on student loans are high because standard commercial lending standards are ignored.
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To be a successful doctor, it is no longer enough to make an accurate diagnosis and recommend an effective treatment.
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About 40 percent of Americans who enroll in college drop out before earning a certificate or degree.
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The fact that conservatives are outnumbered on college campuses isn’t groundbreaking news.
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Social justice activists say they want to bring about a golden age.
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As education goes, so goes nearly everything else: politics, culture, and social cohesion.
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Small private universities often find it more difficult to keep tuition down, but it can be done.
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