To me, the purpose of Higher Education is to broaden the mind in the humanities and train the gifted for science or math. The ideal result is professionals who are conversant about things broader than their narrow area of expertise.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 7:05 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Richard Cornuelle, the Indianapolis libertarian activist who started United Student Aid Funds (USAF), had a fight on his hands. His organization, whose downfall led ultimately to the creation of today's college-access giant known as the Lumina Foundation, was created with the goal of competing...
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 7:22 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Major donors like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation dominate higher education philanthropy today. Most are aware of the Gates Foundation's roots in Bill's vast wealth, but the story of how Lumina came to be is more complicated.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 3:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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When folks talk about poverty in schools, they typically reference the number of students who receive a free or reduced price lunch (FRL), which means that I often need to consult FRL statistics published annually by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI). But reviewing last year's data...
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of my favorite Professors at Southeastern Seminary was Dr. John Carlton. He was from Texas and a bachelor. His family was his students.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 8:13 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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For all of the words devoted to our student loan mess (or "crisis" or "bubble"), little has been written on its origins. We know that student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion and that many young Americans are struggling with a heavy burden, but how things got that way is largely a mystery.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 11:15 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The terms have been tossed around for many years. It seems the frequency and fury attached in this election year is turning them into missiles of hate and revenge.
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 4:08 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Our intrepid Secretary of State didn't want to call going after ISIS a war. If it was a war the DOD would seem to be the more sensible organization to be running it.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 6:24 am
By: Jim Bispo
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It would seem that one of Gov. Christie's spear carriers screwed up big time. First they (she) did something really stupid and then lied about it.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Bill Moyers - for many years an advocate on television for liberal causes - recently gave North Carolina a lesson in how to disguise bias and distortions as news, and we should pay attention to how he did it.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 11:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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I think it was Albert Einstein who once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
Published: Friday, January 10th, 2014 @ 8:09 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It is a Conundrum: Do we continue to subsidize those that are work free, or do we endeavor to help them rejoin the workforce by providing them the ultimate incentive - one works to exist on some level?
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 @ 10:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Just last Sunday, December 8, 2013, I noticed the flags at the Beaufort County Court House flown at half-staff, and I naturally wondered why?
Published: Sunday, December 29th, 2013 @ 11:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Well, it appears Walter Jones is picking up another primary opponent.
Published: Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 @ 9:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Even its most ardent supporters agree The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is flawed, so there is no surprise there is a growing movement to repeal this act most believe won't cure our healthcare ills and doesn't contain costs.
Published: Friday, August 23rd, 2013 @ 11:58 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been the big news this week, with landmark 5-4 divided rulings.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 @ 2:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In 2010, we were told a conservative revolution was sweeping North Carolina AND the country. In 2012, we were told conservatism was on the rise -- with the election of a new GOP lt.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: Brant Clifton
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What were you doing the Friday before Christmas? Many of us were buying last-minute gifts, embarking on trips to visit family and friends, or making other preparations for the holiday season.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 8:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My favorite reading genre is the mystery novel and I'm a fan of Ian Rankin's work which chronicles Inspector John Rebus' cases in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 1:25 pm
By: Alicia Colon
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After the 1964 election, when Barry Goldwater and the Republicans sustained an epic defeat, Lyndon Johnson and the Democrats thought they had established themselves as a permanent governing majority.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2012 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I remember a cartoon character years ago, that said, "We have met the enemy, and he is us." Radical Liberalism is home grown.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 10:59 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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It was interesting to hear about Mitt romney's alleged bad behavior while in Prep School (not elementary school, not middle school, not high school but "Prep School". (Ahhh, the beauty of not so subtle class warfare.)
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2012 @ 9:20 am
By: Jim Bispo
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The need for government, plain and simple, is because absolute freedom is impossible.
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 @ 6:11 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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His speech to the Beaufort County Democratic Party Executive Committee attempted to cast a silver lining around the past two years, so that he and his Democratic colleagues can retain power.
Published: Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 @ 5:33 pm
By: BCN
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The theme originated as a post on my blogsite. The article below actually represents a running thread of several posts and includes comments which criticize my points.
Published: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 @ 11:14 am
By: Diane Rufino
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These past few weeks, I've heard all kinds of people, celebrities, groups, and even animals (ie, the New Black Panther Party) label the TEA Party as "racist."
Published: Saturday, July 17th, 2010 @ 9:44 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Wall that Heals, which is a scaled down replica of the Vietnam War Monument on the Mall in Washington, DC, came to the Veterans Park in Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 @ 1:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The current United States Congress and the President of the United States are simpatico on this one issue: There will mortgage the twin futures of our nation and our children to get into office.
Published: Sunday, November 1st, 2009 @ 8:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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