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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Vice President Mike Pence spoke to the graduating class of Notre Dame, drawing attention to the loss of free speech on American campuses. He denounced the “noxious wave that seems to be rushing over much of academia
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By now you have heard the story. It plays out like a script. A “controversial” speaker—almost always a conservative or libertarian—is invited to a campus. Protests, and in some cases riots, ensue. The speech is canceled or the speaker shouted down. The free exchange of ideas gives way to authoritari
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I attended an estate sale for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and a wave of unreality washed over me
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Going through the college process makes no sense. First, kids guess where they might want to go, then pay to apply, wait to hear, and, if accepted, fill out financial aid forms, wait, and eventually learn what it will cost
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Many readers probably have read about the New Wave of free speech suppression that has swept across campuses in the last several years
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Temperatures in North Carolina may not yet have reached their high point this summer, but tensions certainly are heating up now between the UNC School of Law and the North Carolina General Assembly over the latter's proposed budget
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Student loan debt, now totaling roughly $1.3 trillion, is the second largest source of debt in the United States
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Recently, a bill was introduced in the North Carolina legislature that would shift control of the state’s apprenticeship program from the department of commerce to the community college system
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If you've spent much time on a college campus you've probably heard the claim that conservatives are anti-science
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During Barack Obama's administration, the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights was staffed with "progressives" who were intent on pushing federal policy in ways that advanced their visions
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During my time at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I graduated this spring, many of my peers and professors seemed to genuinely care about the free exchange of ideas, students were often pushed to explore all sides of an issue, and analysis of factual evidence was usually a key
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Fortunately for President Trump, many appointments don’t require Senate approval, and a cabinet member may appoint leaders to certain high-level positions within his or her department.
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The University of North Carolina was founded with an excellent governance structure-with one glaring flaw that allows power to be concentrated in the General Administration rather than dispersed between the several branches
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The United States got along nicely for its first 176 years without any federal legislation on higher education.
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The Martin Center has been covering the Kafkaesque case of Marquette University professor John McAdams since it first broke several years ago
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has signaled that she might be a force for good when it comes to scaling back Obama-era Title IX expansion
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Many English departments are now beginning to offer courses on graphic novels, which integrate text and visual imagery
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In their Atlantic article, “The Coddling of the American Mind,” Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukainoff identified a troubling development on American campuses
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University foundations are at the forefront of schools' fundraising, event planning, and publicity efforts
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President Trump scares academe. Many feel threatened, under siege, rejected, aghast
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The Faculty Senate at Wake Forest University made headlines last week when it demanded that the university reject a $3.69 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation
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Dual enrollment programs, which allow high school students to take college courses for college credit, have been getting some bad publicity lately
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Student intolerance and opposition to free speech have been gaining momentum
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College officials have cultivated a nice image for themselves-scholarly people who care deeply about providing the best possible education for their students
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Last week, I experienced the infantilization of the campus for the first time
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It has become extremely popular on college campuses. Students have leveled complaints against faculty members for their insensitive microaggressions against them, such as correcting their grammar
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First, I would like to address conservative parents. Lately, I hear many of you questioning whether you should send your kids to college. Maybe they should just go to trade school or straight into the workforce
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Academics often point out that diversity is good, in part, because it brings different perspectives and experiences to the table
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Christina Hoff Sommers, also known as YouTube's "Factual Feminist," spoke last Wednesday at UNC Chapel Hill
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There is something about judicial nominations that brings out the worst in U.S. Senators.
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Honest reporters and editors have asked a hard question since Election Day: How could we have been so staggeringly wrong about so much in 2016
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Each year, roughly 1.4 million high school students take college courses
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Universities in the United States do not have a monopoly on intolerant and disruptive students
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At this year's Association of American Colleges and Universities meeting, held in late January in San Francisco, a sense of misgiving filled the conference hall
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