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Not a endorsement most would welcome
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Not a endorsement most would welcome
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Comparing reforms at UNC-Chapel Hill and Washington & Lee.
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Comparing reforms at UNC-Chapel Hill and Washington & Lee.
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Should a eugenicist’s name be removed from the chapel he built? It’s complicated.
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Should a eugenicist’s name be removed from the chapel he built? It’s complicated.
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A professor wants to protect speech, but also to keep students from being “harmed.”
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A professor wants to protect speech, but also to keep students from being “harmed.”
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A recent Stanford event was “invitation-only” for a reason.
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A recent Stanford event was “invitation-only” for a reason.
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ECU police officers receive UNC System’s Valor Award
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ECU police officers receive UNC System’s Valor Award
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The institutions of the West have lost much of their power to conserve the past for future generations.
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The institutions of the West have lost much of their power to conserve the past for future generations.
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We’ve heard a lot, in recent years, about a free speech crisis on our college campuses.
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We’ve heard a lot, in recent years, about a free speech crisis on our college campuses.
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The case of the missing Ohio bridge has been solved.
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The case of the missing Ohio bridge has been solved.
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Fifteen years ago, American higher education was beset with serious problems, especially rising costs, politicization of the curriculum, the mania over diversity, and falling academic standards.`
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Fifteen years ago, American higher education was beset with serious problems, especially rising costs, politicization of the curriculum, the mania over diversity, and falling academic standards.`
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Who cares that 20 students at the University of Wisconsin staged a protest in October 2017?
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Who cares that 20 students at the University of Wisconsin staged a protest in October 2017?
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Today, the President’s Commission on White House Fellows announces the appointment of the 2019-2020 class of White House Fellows.
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Today, the President’s Commission on White House Fellows announces the appointment of the 2019-2020 class of White House Fellows.
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Americans used to relish good debates. The debates between Senator Stephen Douglas and his challenger Abraham Lincoln in 1858 were transcribed and widely read.
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Americans used to relish good debates. The debates between Senator Stephen Douglas and his challenger Abraham Lincoln in 1858 were transcribed and widely read.
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Janet Robinson, 91, a resident of Washington, NC for more than 20 years, died July 31, 2018 in her home surrounded by loving family.
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Janet Robinson, 91, a resident of Washington, NC for more than 20 years, died July 31, 2018 in her home surrounded by loving family.
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The #MeToo movement began with accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein but rapidly became a rallying call for women everywhere to tell their own stories of sexual harassment
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The #MeToo movement began with accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein but rapidly became a rallying call for women everywhere to tell their own stories of sexual harassment
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In today's universities-and in society in general-the ability to engage in intellectually rigorous and courteous conversation can appear to be a lost art
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In today's universities-and in society in general-the ability to engage in intellectually rigorous and courteous conversation can appear to be a lost art
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In the last few years, higher education has suffered an embarrassing series of well-publicized incidents of overt censorship by members of the academic community
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In the last few years, higher education has suffered an embarrassing series of well-publicized incidents of overt censorship by members of the academic community
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Today’s protest-ridden climate on college campuses might lead one to suspect that they are hotbeds of political disruption controlled by social justice
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Today’s protest-ridden climate on college campuses might lead one to suspect that they are hotbeds of political disruption controlled by social justice
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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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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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This academic year has been punctuated by a series of high-profile campus protests
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This academic year has been punctuated by a series of high-profile campus protests
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The United States got along nicely for its first 176 years without any federal legislation on higher education.
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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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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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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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Student intolerance and opposition to free speech have been gaining momentum
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Student intolerance and opposition to free speech have been gaining momentum
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Last week, I experienced the infantilization of the campus for the first time
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Last week, I experienced the infantilization of the campus for the first time
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Universities in the United States do not have a monopoly on intolerant and disruptive students
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Universities in the United States do not have a monopoly on intolerant and disruptive students
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On March 2, there was one of those oh-so-revealing events that makes people realize that very bad trends are at work in America, trends that are corroding the essence of civilization
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On March 2, there was one of those oh-so-revealing events that makes people realize that very bad trends are at work in America, trends that are corroding the essence of civilization
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Many students and their families are starting to wonder about the value of going to college at every expense only to come back home afterwards and settle into a mundane job that high schoolers could do.
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Many students and their families are starting to wonder about the value of going to college at every expense only to come back home afterwards and settle into a mundane job that high schoolers could do.
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About 25 years ago, American higher education was swept up in the identity studies fad. A great many colleges and universities created courses, departments, degree programs, and related administrative posts in Women's Studies, African-American Studies, Latina/o Studies, Queer Studies, and others.
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About 25 years ago, American higher education was swept up in the identity studies fad. A great many colleges and universities created courses, departments, degree programs, and related administrative posts in Women's Studies, African-American Studies, Latina/o Studies, Queer Studies, and others.
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In 2012, a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman with a blood level of alcohol nearly three times the legal limit was found dead. Winston Crisp, vice chancellor for student affairs, saw this as indicative of a nationwide problem-one he has been working to address since then.
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In 2012, a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman with a blood level of alcohol nearly three times the legal limit was found dead. Winston Crisp, vice chancellor for student affairs, saw this as indicative of a nationwide problem-one he has been working to address since then.
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But I have serious problems in his (Abraham Lincoln) legal and Constitutional justifications for the Civil War.
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But I have serious problems in his (Abraham Lincoln) legal and Constitutional justifications for the Civil War.
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We don't need the Supreme Court to tell us its interpretation of the Constitution. We have the very words and writings of the very men who drafted our Constitution and created our government.
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We don't need the Supreme Court to tell us its interpretation of the Constitution. We have the very words and writings of the very men who drafted our Constitution and created our government.