Last week, a new finding about ideological imbalance made headlines all over the country. According to Matt Woessner, an associate professor of political science and public policy at Penn State Harrisburg, liberal professors now outnumber their conservative counterparts by a ratio of roughly 5 to 1.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The average annual income in North Carolina is just over $40,000. But in September, senior-level bureaucrats in the University of North Carolina system's General Administration — who take home six-figure salaries — said they needed raises, and they got them. The system's Board of...
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 @ 6:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ten years ago, the University of North Carolina began raising minimum admission requirements for all schools in the system. Those changes worked, helping to raise retention and graduation rates since their implementation. Thirty-five percent of 2005 freshmen graduated four years later. By 2010...
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 @ 12:22 am
By: John William Pope Center
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"'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out," comedian George Carlin once quipped. Perhaps, then, North Carolinians should be suspicious about the fact that the University of North Carolina system's president, a Democrat, and its Board of Governors...
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 11:57 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The average annual income in North Carolina is just over $40,000. But senior-level bureaucrats in the University of North Carolina system's General Administration (GA)-who take home six-figure salaries-say they need a raise. This Friday, the system's Board of Governors will vote on a proposed...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 5:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Student loan debt in North Carolina is not a good news-bad news story. It is a bad news-worse news story. Student debt, with a couple of exceptions, has been rising across the board at University of North Carolina schools, both in the percentage of students who need loans and the amount of their...
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 2:05 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Academia is notoriously resistant to major changes. Whereas private sector firms rise, fall, merge, reorganize, acquire, and cast off unprofitable divisions with amazing speed, colleges and universities are hampered by unwieldy systems of governance, iron-bound traditions, and intense resistance...
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's leading think tank devoted to colleges and universities is ushering in a new era in its history. Dr. Jenna Robinson recently took the job of president and executive director of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. Robinson discussed her new role with...
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2015 @ 9:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The higher education establishment attacks traditional American values in many ways. The head of the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy outlined 10 of them during a presentation Friday for the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina, now the tenth largest state in the nation, is suffering growing pains. As demographic trends change and the economy adapts, our colleges and universities are struggling to meet the emerging needs of the state.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It's a pleasure to announce that Jenna A. Robinson, currently director of outreach for the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, is about to become our new president. I am retiring, and my last day will be Friday, Feb. 13. I am joining the board of the Pope Center as vice-chairman.
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 4:16 am
By: John William Pope Center
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During each legislative session, education is at the forefront of budget and policy discussions. Expenditures on elementary, secondary, and higher education (the University of North Carolina plus the community college system) added up to more than $11.5 billion last year, or 58 percent of the North
Published: Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 10:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina is proposing to charge lower tuition to out-of-state students who live close to the state border. The UNC Board of Governors will consider the proposal, which is called "border tuition," at its January meeting.
Published: Friday, January 2nd, 2015 @ 8:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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As 2015 approaches, we offer our hopes for higher education reform. Some changes will require action by university stakeholders, and others will require a "hands off" approach. Here's hoping that the new year brings improvement upon the status quo.
Published: Thursday, January 1st, 2015 @ 10:31 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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As the academic year begins, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, now with a new chairman, John Fennebresque, must make some choices.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 5:57 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Public universities are facing a new economic reality, as states decide to reduce funding and expect a lot more fiscal accountability. Now, in response, schools are cutting costs, raising tuition, and sometimes both. Jenna Ashley Robinson, outreach coordinator for the Pope Center for Higher...
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2013 @ 12:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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