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When Less is More
The University of North Carolina has ended a long period of excessive growth, which should lead to improvements in many areas.... More »
February 02, 2012

Trustees Won’t Do the Job
Trustees are supposed to help colleges steer their course, but many are asleep at the wheel.... More »
February 01, 2012

2012 Pope Center Spirit of Inquiry Best Course Award
Nominate your best professor!... More »
January 30, 2012

Can Apple Overturn Higher Education?
A new infographic proposes a dynamic future for higher education, thanks to online technologies.... More »
January 30, 2012

Results Matter
It's time to make public higher education subject to the real needs of the nation.... More »
January 26, 2012

Don’t Fear the Free Market
A free market in postsecondary education would serve students effectively.... More »
January 24, 2012

Real Education
A student finds that her high school expectations of college don't quite match the real thing.... More »
January 22, 2012

Reforming College Sports
We need a "firewall" between big-time sports and university academics.... More »
January 20, 2012

Are Donors Dangerous?
Instead of threatening academic freedom or integrity, outside philanthropists usually expand and enrich college dialogue.... More »
January 18, 2012

Board Games
North Carolina's new State Board of Proprietary Schools is assuming licensing authority over for-profit schools from the community college system.... More »
January 15, 2012

The Wisdom of College Students
Young people offer life lessons for incoming freshmen.... More »
January 12, 2012

What Is Wrong with Business Education
The questions raised by a 1959 report on business schools are relevant today.... More »
January 11, 2012

The Supreme Court Can Rectify a Mistake
A University of Texas case gives the Court an opportunity to revisit the badly flawed Grutter decision.... More »
January 09, 2012

Tenure: Does It Help or Hurt Academia?
Take our reader poll.... More »
January 06, 2012

No Wonder Johnny (Still) Can’t Read
Schools of education focus on fads, not knowledge and skills. I know that from experience.... More »
January 04, 2012

Baby Steps at Community Colleges
Consolidating “dual enrollment” programs is a small step toward a more efficient public education.... More »
January 02, 2012

The Pope Center Polls Revisited
A look back at this year’s reader polls reveals a high degree of agreement among Pope Center readers.... More »
December 29, 2011

Peering into the Crystal Ball
Georgia Tech’s Richard DeMillo predicts a "back to the future" university.... More »
December 27, 2011

Less College, More Work
The United States has overemphasized college at the cost of working, resulting in an imbalance of workers and non-workers.... More »
December 25, 2011

How a Liberal Recovered
Lee Doren’s Please Enroll Responsibly offers good advice.... More »
December 22, 2011

Can Philanthropy Rescue Higher Education?
Today’s donors can learn from the classical liberal philanthropists of decades ago.... More »
December 21, 2011

Intellectual Diversity
The Pope Center’s Spirit of Inquiry Award honors faculty members at UNC Pembroke, UNC Wilmington, and UNC-Chapel Hill.... More »
December 18, 2011

Primary Education
Republican presidential candidates agree on the scope of the Department of Education, but not on much else.... More »
December 15, 2011

Why I Stopped Giving to Duke
A once-loyal alumnus explains why he changed his mind.... More »
December 13, 2011

Ivory Tower Meets White House
With the 2012 presidential election fast approaching, it's time to see what the candidates think about higher education.... More »
December 11, 2011

When Universities Get Defensive
Higher education reform efforts in Texas show how universities react to criticism.... More »
December 08, 2011

The Buckley Approach to Higher Ed Reform
William F. Buckley, Jr.’s provocative book God and Man at Yale turned 60 last month.... More »
December 07, 2011

How Colleges Rip Off Donors
Universities can use gifts inappropriately, warns an expert in philanthropic history.... More »
December 04, 2011

Affirmative Action for Today
Professor James Sterba responds to George Leef’s arguments against preferences to achieve socio-economic diversity.... More »
December 02, 2011

I’m Still Not Convinced
George Leef responds to Professor Sterba.... More »
December 02, 2011