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Smash the Rich!

This course in American government tilts left.

By Jane S. Shaw

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A Refreshing Commencement Season

This year’s addresses in North Carolina colleges and universities featured big names but few politicians.

By Duke Cheston

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The Cost of Sustainability

NC State has embraced environmentalism, but the costs could be high and benefits are uncertain.

By Derek Spicer

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Research

Pell Grants: Where Does All the Money Go?
Jenna Ashley Robinson and Duke Cheston examine how well Pell grants serve students and taxpayers.

Games Universities Play: And How Donors Can Avoid Them
Martin Morse Wooster shows in this report that universities often neglect the wishes of contributors.

A Common-Sense Look at UNC Faculty Workloads
This paper measures the teaching loads of faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.

Higher Education Headlines

North Carolina

A Scandal Is Still a Scandal
The Raleigh N&O says former UNC-CH chancellor James Moeser is wrong to blame the press for the school's recent scandals.

UNC-Gray Hair?
UNC-Greensboro and a local retirement community will work together to learn from each other. In the Greensboro News-Record.

National

Hard Core MOOCers
People who have taken many MOOCs give advice on how to make better courses. On Chronicle.com.

No Degree Required
The Huffington Post lists the top 15 jobs that don't require a degree, according to Careercast.com.

Reds Show True Colors
China's Communist rulers have made basic freedoms of expression and inquiry illegal at universities. In the South China Morning Post.

Opinion

Island Hopping to Reality
Thomas Sowell gives advice on how to un-brainwash your college-age children. On NRO.

The Think Tank Connection
Alejandro Chafuen considers how think tanks become universities. On Forbes.com.

Mining the Campus
Jeff Selingo says that schools with large drop-out problems should use data mining to find good students struggling to pay tuition. In the Chronicle of Higher Ed.

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