Most students and their families invest time, effort, and resources into higher education for vocational reasons. They expect the knowledge, skills, and relationships acquired at a college or university will lead to good jobs — which will, in turn, generate income for graduates to support themselves and their families as well as the satisfaction and...
The terror that administrators and quite a few faculty at University of North Carolina’s flagship campus at Chapel Hill display over a wholesome curricular reform reveals staggering irrationality. The documents of the American Founding hardly deserve such apoplexy. If it becomes law, House Bill 96, the Reclaiming College Education on America’s Constitutional Heritage (REACH) Act,...
The United States education system is failing in almost every aspect, but nowhere is this seen more than in the humanities. In a recent poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, it was found that 44% of adults failed to name all three branches of government. Of these adults surveyed, 25% could not name even...
Uncovered emails from senior officials at the University of North Carolina revealed the government affairs team worked behind the scenes to stop college constitutional literacy legislation called the REACH Act, according to emails obtained in a recent public records request. I requested the records to see what discussions the UNC System lobbyists might be having...
On Wednesday, the North Carolina House passed a bill requiring students at state universities to take a three-credit hour course on the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents by a vote of 69-47.
McCullough is well known for his books, but his voice also helped propel history to the masses.
UPDATED, Thursday, Aug. 20. State Board of Education member James Ford tied “swing voters” and “white moderates” to “white supremacy” in a late-night tweet Monday, Aug. 17. The tweet was a response to the Democratic National Convention, which opened its virtual nominating convention Monday. Tuesday night, Democrats formally nominated former Vice President Joe Biden as...
Theologian and social critic Richard John Neuhaus argued that democratic pluralism promoted peace and social justice much better than any Marxist dogma.
RALEIGH - The freshman reading program on UNC campuses perennially evokes controversy. Freshmen are usually assigned a book to read during the summer before they start school. UNC-Chapel Hill, in particular, has stirred up storms of reaction ever since 2002, when it selected a book giving a rosy view of the Quran, less than a year after Sept. 11. So offended were some students that the program became voluntary.
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