Yet another scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill
It has been several months since the last University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sports scandal (of course, school was out for the summer). But the school is making up for lost time with a doozy.
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Thomas K. Lindsay, Ph.D., Editor in Chief and Director, Center for Higher Education, Texas Public Policy Foundation
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A Tipping Point for College Athletics
Mark the date: The recent court ruling in the O’Bannon case combined with a decision by the NCAA in effect creating a “superconference” will serve as the impetus for the acceleration of the downward spiral of the highest levels of college athletics into farm systems for the National Football League and the National Basketball Association.
Taxpayer-Funded “Anarchy Studies” at UNC-Chapel Hill?
The week after Labor Day is “Radical Rush Week” at UNC-Chapel Hill, sponsored by the ever-popular “UNControllables,” the university’s official student anarchist group.
Should We Fear Academic Blacklisting?
One of the hottest academic controversies of the year involves the decision by the University of Illinois to “unhire” Professor Steven Salaita.
Forget “Character”: Today’s NCAA Is All About The Money
Ex-UCLA basketballer Ed O’Bannon and 19 others won a big one in U. S. District Court — a ruling saying antitrust law takes precedence over the NCAA’s alleged commitment to a policy of amateurism in sports.
The New Discrimination on U.S. Campuses
Specialists in the comparative history of race relations have noted the uniqueness of the United States in generating a system of racial categorization based on the so-called one-drop rule.
A Smarter Way to Regulate Colleges
Colleges are cashing in credential inflation. In a recent essay for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Kevin Carey notes that many “not-for-profit” colleges operate highly profitable terminal master’s programs in fields such as business administration, education, and public administration that are indistinguishable from the two-year vocational offerings of most “for-profit” colleges.
The Five Big Reforms That Higher Ed Needs
Economic exigencies are going to force big changes in higher education. What form should those changes take?
“JUST GET THEM THROUGH (COLLEGE)!”
Have you ever read any history of World War One? It truly was a needless conflict. The human collateral damage was both stratospheric and unnecessary, not to mention the lingering effects and unintended consequences (Treaty of Versailles?). Upon reading said history, one thing becomes painfully clear – there was no strategy involved. There was no […]
SORRY — M.I.T. DOES NOT UNDERSTAND DIVERSITY
I don’t know when the Supreme Court is going to issue its decision in Fisher v. Texas, but if it rules against the use of racial preferences by public institutions of higher education, there will be immense consternation in the Diversity Above All camp. A revealing example of the thinking of people in that camp […]
