Opinion
College majors vary widely in cost
While professors in economics, political science, and business departments receive relatively high salaries, that’s offset by relatively large classes.
Opinion
A call to abolish white people and other outrageous stories
Below are a few of the stories that caught my attention this week. At the Carolina Liberty Conference, we heard from Seth Dillon of the Babylon Bee. Dillon had a great line from his speech, saying, “It is very difficult to parody a world that is a parody of itself.” The stories below aren’t satire,...
News
UNC System schools, private universities begin transition to mask-optional policies
Gov. Roy Cooper has recommended schools and local governments transition from mask mandates to a mask-optional policies, and counties and towns across North Carolina are heeding the governor. With the increasing adoption of the mask-optional policy, University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans decided to follow the trend and published a memo on Feb....
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Robinson calls for accountability, discipline in K-12 public schools
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is calling for broad reforms to the K-12 education system in North Carolina. Robinson’s comments came during a standing committee meeting on Monday, Feb. 21, that touched on themes of accountability, discipline, and restoring common sense. Robinson, a Republican, specifically called out a lack of discipline in public school classrooms, the...
Opinion
UNC would gain by losing
UNC-Chapel Hill systematically denies admission to hard-working young people because they are the “wrong” color. It’s time to end this abhorrent practice.
News
UNC admissions case marks latest example of growing U.S. Supreme Court trend
When the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would take up a case challenging UNC-Chapel Hill’s admissions policy, the court made the rare decision to shorten the normal federal appeals process. Legal observers note that the justices’ decision to examine a trial court ruling, labeled “cert before judgment” in legal shorthand, has become increasingly...
Video
Color Us United’s Kenny Xu responds to Supreme Court taking up UNC, Harvard admissions cases
Kenny Xu, president of Color Us United and author of “An Inconvenient Minority, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 24, 2022, decision to take up cases challenging race-based admissions policies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University. Learn more here: “UNC-Chapel Hill affirmative action case heads to U.S. Supreme Court.”
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UNC-Chapel Hill affirmative action case heads to U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to make what could be a landmark ruling on the constitutionality of affirmative action after justices decided Monday, Jan. 24, to take up cases arising from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University. The cases originated in 2014 when the nonprofit Students for Fair Admissions...
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Appeals Court to decide whether UNC, NCSU should refund student fees from COVID shutdown
The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide in the weeks or months ahead whether students from N.C. State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can sue their schools for refunds of student fees. A trial judge ruled in June that the students can move forward with a breach-of-contract claim. NCSU graduate...
Opinion
Federal civil rights leader pans university racial preferences
A member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says racial preferences in university admissions hurt the people they're designed to help.
Video
Black conservative group supports effort to end UNC’s race-based admissions
Melanie Colette of Project 21 explains the group’s support of a friend-of-the-court brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging UNC-Chapel Hill’s race-based admissions. Learn more here: “Black activists tell Supreme Court: Race preferences have ‘disastrous consequences.'”
Opinion
Yes, college (usually) pays off
When it comes to college costs and benefits, honesty is the best policy. We should help our young people make fully informed choices among a wide spectrum of alternative paths after high school.
