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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It is very rare for a federal agency to admit having made a mistake and rarer still for the secretary of a cabinet department to announce a U-turn in policy in a heavily publicized speech
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Anyone who applies for an executive or upper management position at a university these days must demonstrate a "strong commitment to diversity."
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A few years ago, something changed in class. I customarily taught classes where my students read multiple books, wrote thoughtful reflective essays, and came to class prepared to engage in rich discussions
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When it comes to defending themselves against accusations, college students are fighting an uphill battle
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The Chinese don't Like Academic Freedom, so American Schools Should Avoid their Confucius InstitutesAcademic freedom has long been a guiding principle for American colleges and universities
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Most people working within the halls of academia are at least somewhat familiar with the excesses having to do with infringement of due process, free speech, and basic rights under the current Title IX regime
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Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship is now in its twenty-fourth year of existence. Originally the brainchild of then Governor Zell Miller, since 1993 this merit-based scholarship program has distributed in excess of $9 billion in lottery proceeds to about 1.7 million qualifying recipients
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The term "McDonaldization" was coined by sociology professor George Ritzer in 1993
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According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, in the previous two decades over 31 million students have dropped out of college shortly after beginning their coursework
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Four years ago, brothers at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at UNC Wilmington (UNCW) brought campus due process-or lack thereof-into the sunlight. The young men had been accused of hazing and underage drinking
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A university president recently addressed his campus community about an incident that had shaken his Wisconsin school
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Last fall Wake Forest University announced a $4.2 million donation to fund "the study of human flourishing" at the university's newest institute-the Eudaimonia Institute (EI)
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Since launching its Stand Up for Free Speech project in 2014, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has had a great deal of success in defeating college officials when they interfere with the free speech of students
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The obsession with diversity is so widespread among American colleges that it has become a normal part of campus life
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That free speech on college campuses is under attack cannot be denied
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Last week marked the latest chapter in the biggest college sports scandal in history
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We engineers like to solve technical problems. That's the way we think, that's why we chose our major, that's why we got into and stayed in engineering
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The excuse we have often heard for raucous campus protests over the last few years is that they are justified as a way of countering the "violence" of speakers like Milo Yiannopoulos and Charles Murray
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From Evergreen State University in Washington to Yale University in Connecticut, campaigns to punish or fire professors accused of thinking or saying things outside the bounds of political correctness seem to crop up with disturbing regularity
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Five years ago, higher education was abuzz over distance learning, a "disruptive technology."
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So you think you might like teaching college English. You love the language and its great works
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I wanted to "bury" them-in rhetorical fashion-for removing institutional neutrality out of the otherwise outstanding North Carolina Campus Free Speech Act
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Law school faculties hold a sacred trust. We guard the outermost portals into the legal profession, a group that wields powers to shape society in profound and lasting ways
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The academic enterprise is supposed to be about truth. Those who are entrusted to teach are expected to convey knowledge to their students, not their opinions
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Higher education has a public relations problem on its hands. The results of a new Pew Research survey show that almost 60 percent of Republicans believe higher education has a “negative effect on the way things are going in the country
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For most professors, the quest for tenure is an all-consuming obsession
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This academic year has been punctuated by a series of high-profile campus protests
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Legal education has become a surprisingly regular topic of news media for several years now
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If anyone needed a reminder that American colleges and universities have become expert at wasting time and money, my recent experience with mandatory "sexual assault training" might supply it
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The passage of the North Carolina Campus Free Speech Act (HB 527) this legislative session was a great advance for the spirit of free inquiry that is, or should be, at the heart of higher education.
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For the past six years, I have taught an undergraduate course on international economics at Johns Hopkins University
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Universities have been assessing students by grading their work since the Middle Ages
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The budget released by the North Carolina Senate in early May sets a careful course for higher education
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American campuses have drifted away from academia and toward administration
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