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Jay Schalin

Email: jschalin@popecenter.org

Jay Schalin joined the Pope Center in August 2007. He researches and writes about higher education issues, primarily in North Carolina, and oversees the center’s Web site.

A Philadelphia native, Schalin began working as a freelance journalist for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey in 1994 and has also written for several other papers in New Jersey and Delaware. In 1998, he returned to school to complete his education, graduating from Richard Stockton College in New Jersey with a B.S. in computer science in 2001. After graduation, he was employed as a software engineer for Computer Sciences Corporation. Schalin received an M.A. in economics from the University of Delaware in 2008.


Articles by Jay Schalin

(1.06.10) Apart No More? HBCUs Heading Into an Era of Change
RALEIGH — As the economic downturn grows longer and more severe, it’s hard to find any proposals to cut costs that can be taken completely off the table. Programs that were recently considered untouchable have now been placed under the budgetary microscope.

(11.02.09) In a Seeming Reversal, UNC-Chapel Hill Welcomes Clash of Ideas
RALEIGH — Last April, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appeared to the nation as an affront to freedom and civil society. Yet half a year later, Chapel Hill seems more like a shining beacon of free speech than a repressive state imposing an extreme version of political correctness.

(4.07.09) Governor Cuts UNC Budget, Adds Some for Community Colleges
RALEIGH — Citing jobs and economic development as her primary concerns, Gov. Beverly Perdue's proposed two-year budget spared community colleges from the largest cuts. Because the community colleges are so directly tied to immediate development of the workforce, they were one of the few areas that received an increase — of just 1 percent — instead of a cut.

(3.19.09) UNC System Finds It Hard to Put Brakes on Spending
RALEIGH — The problem with letting “the good times” roll is that it is hard to stop the rolling when the economy goes downhill. During the last few years, while North Carolina’s powerful economy filled the state coffers, the University of North Carolina started many new, expensive programs. This year, with tax revenues falling, those new programs still require funding, even as the university system explores making cuts to key academic programs.

(2.11.09) Two Investigations Undermine Student-Athlete Image
RALEIGH — It’s an ages-old question, one as old as the athletic scholarship itself: Are college athletes on scholarship primarily students? Or are they more like hired mercenaries, brought in to do a specific job, and students second — or perhaps not at all? Two recent newspaper investigations indicate that, in the major revenue-producing sports of men’s basketball and football, the classroom is not the players’ strong suit.

(1.29.09) The Need for Efficiency Brings Specialization to Campus
RALEIGH — Are market forces about to fundamentally alter the traditional relationships of professors to their students, to their departments and universities, and even to their subject matter? This issue was recently raised at a round-table conference sponsored by the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.

(12.29.08) Roundtable Discusses What to Do About College Sports
RALEIGH — Two different visions of how to deal with college athletics were on display at a recent Pope Center round-table conference. Most of the 12 participants agreed that the world of college sports is troubled, but disagreed on the direction reform should take.

(7.01.08) New Chancellor to Follow in Predecessor’s Steps
Statements and past actions suggest UNC's new chancellor will follow the same questionable policies as his predecessor.

(5.28.08) UNC Budget a Mystery in Early Going
RALEIGH — There already have been twists and turns in crafting the operating budget for UNC’s 2008-09 school year, even though the process is in the early stages.

(3.05.08) Educator Wants to Change Sports
RALEIGH — William Thierfelder wants to reverse the trend toward athletic competition without honor or restraint. He is the president of Belmont Abbey College, a tiny Catholic school near Charlotte, a somewhat obscure starting point for a crusade to alter what seems to be an ingrained feature of the American character.

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