Opinion
Make NC First in Freedom
American conservatism – that fusion of free-market economics, traditional values, and constitutionalism – owes a great deal to North Carolina.
Opinion
Rusher Bio Explains How Squares Made Conservatism Cool
David Frisk's detailed biography of William Rusher recounts the unlikely crew of intellectuals and attorneys who brought the modern conservative movement into the mainstream.
News
Facts and Figures Expose Higher Ed Shortcomings
RALEIGH — A quick review of the facts reveals that American universities often deliver content that is easy, biased, or of questionable value — at great expense to students, parents, and taxpayers.
Opinion
A Teetering Stack of Stuff
Science has greatly advanced the store of human knowledge and technology over the past three centuries. But to know more does not necessarily lead to better decisions.
Opinion
Laying the Groundwork for Future Liberty
Young people will fail to see the value of free markets and individual responsibility if their elders offer them poor examples.
Opinion
Learning the Wrong Lesson About Government
When adults fail to teach the young about the values of free markets, limited government, and personal responsibility, it’s no surprise that those youngsters grow to love government goodies.
Opinion
Now This Explains A Lot
On a recent survey of civic literacy in America, elected officials scored lower than the general public did.
News
Friday Interview: Failing Civic Education
RALEIGH — Today, Carolina Journal Radio’s Mitch Kokai talks with Dr. Richard Brake, director of university stewardship for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, about a lack of civic education in our schools and universities. (Go here to find a station near you or to learn about the weekly CJ Radio podcast.)
News
N.C. Students Score Low in History
RALEIGH — Performance data on end-of-course tests in history and civics from 2005 to 2007 show that N.C. public schools are failing to teach students the knowledge they need to become good citizens and to participate effectively in the American political system.
News
NCCU Ranks High in Teaching Civics
RALEIGH — A report by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute found that, for the most part, America’s colleges and universities do a poor job of teaching students about American history and civic institutions. Locally, however, North Carolina Central University does a fair job. It was ranked in the 13th among 50 schools included in a survey designed to gauge student knowledge in those areas.
Opinion
Today’s students get to dictate what constitutes a general education
Universities ostensibly provide students with rigorous training to prepare them for their chosen field. There's more to it than that, however, because if it were only that, the students could skip the addlepated rigmarole that has become an accepted part of what's blithely called "the college experience" (which amounts to hazing or coddling, depending upon one's fealty to the campus's hair-trigger socialist bent) and go directly to a private provider of vocational training.
Opinion
Inspired by Sept. 11, some new college courses dismissed as ‘psychobabble’
New courses inspired by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 have been developed on college campuses nationwide. Most deal matter-of-factly with the issues, but some have come under criticism for being "gadfly courses" and "politically correct pseudo-courses."
