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In 2006, I clipped a "Non Sequitur" cartoon that captured perfectly the mystique that surrounds our nation's universities
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2016 @ 10:16 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A project to preserve and reconstruct the original Tara Facade House from Gone with The Wind in Georgia
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2016 @ 4:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I think that every major in college should require a separate test to gain admission to that field of study.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:14 am
By: Bobby Tony
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English departments have lost their positions of importance on college campuses in recent years.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 5:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Are the humanities in trouble on American campuses? That is certainly the impression one gets from the media today; articles in publications of both left and right describe the increasing flight from the humanities into other disciplines.
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 9:34 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Enrollment in the liberal arts and humanities continues to sink, particularly in languages and literature. At Harvard, for example, almost 60 percent of the students who start in the humanities switch disciplines by the end of their second year.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 10:17 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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When legislators and officials at the University of North Carolina consider costs, they prefer to focus on minor operational functions — such as heating bills. But that merely nibbles around the edges.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When legislators and officials of the University of North Carolina and legislators consider costs, they prefer to focus on minor operational functions - such as heating bills. But that is mere nibbling around the edges.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 9:35 am
By: John William Pope Center
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When it comes to higher education, most politicians are cheerleaders. They're content to speak the usual pieties about the importance of college and never do anything that could upset the status quo.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The Pope Center celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2013. Our organization was initially part of the John Locke Foundation, but became independent in 2003. One of our activities is researching problems in higher education and issuing findings and recommendations in major reports...
Published: Friday, January 3rd, 2014 @ 12:19 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Speakers at a recent conference at Wake Forest University agreed that it is hard for English majors (and other liberal arts majors) to find jobs after graduation. However, they maintained that, although colleges could do more to help them find jobs, liberal arts remains a worthwhile field of study.
Published: Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 @ 11:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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