In “Politics & The English Language,” George Orwell warns writers to avoid using dying metaphors that have lost “all evocative power.” For example, making fun of hippie liberals for getting a “degree in underwater basketweaving” is now a bit outdated.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2022 @ 2:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Scholarship endowment honoring retiring ECU nursing dean already college’s largest
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2022 @ 7:00 am
By: ECU News Services
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Students attending Beaufort County Community College who receive aid through the BCCC Foundation had a chance to dine with their benefactors on March 16.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2022 @ 1:37 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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North Carolina colleges face plenty of challenges, from COVID recovery to a fast-changing economy.
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2021 @ 9:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The UNC System wants to ensure new degree programs prepare students for successful careers.
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2021 @ 2:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An unlikely champion of more university oversight emerged at a recent University of North Carolina system Board of Governors [BOG] meeting
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2016 @ 12:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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On the surface, Pokémon Go players appear to be zombified millennials walking aimlessly, eyes fixed on their cellphones
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 11:39 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Let me see if I can clarify some things about life and society as we struggle to get along in 2015.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:44 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Each year, UNC officials pitch new degree programs to the system's Board of Governors. More often than not, the programs are approved, even though a casual observer - especially a non-academic - might snicker or guffaw upon hearing some of their descriptions.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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From zero to 142 majors in one year is rapid growth for a new degree program at East Carolina University. The university studies program has experienced that surge because its flexible curriculum appeals to a definite niche of students, officials said.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 8:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Ever since 2006, when Margaret Spellings, then the U.S. secretary of education, issued a report stressing the need for higher graduation rates at colleges and universities, there has been pressure on universities to award more diplomas.
Published: Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a forgotten group of college students. These are the students who start out at a community college, leave it to earn a bachelor's degree, but drop out along the way.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:05 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A new degree program at East Carolina University gives students an edge - and potentially higher salaries - in careers requiring skills in forensic science and crime scene investigation.
Published: Sunday, March 16th, 2014 @ 2:18 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The UNC School of the Arts and UNC-Greensboro want to create two new master of fine arts programs which - especially to those outside academia - appear to be duplicative. UNCSA wants to confer MFAs in filmmaking, and UNCG wants to confer MFAs in media production.
Published: Thursday, January 30th, 2014 @ 2:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2009, the Pope Center produced a report on the UNC School of the Arts. The report's author, Max Borders, showed that on a per-student basis, UNCSA is North Carolina's most expensive publicly funded university. He concluded that, because of the expense and the school's uncertain economic...
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 12:45 am
By: John William Pope Center
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