Mark Bauerlein, professor of English at Emory University and author of the recent book The Dumbest Generation, delivered a lecture Nov. 19 in Chapel Hill for the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy and the UNC-CH College Libertarians. View his speech in its entirety here.
Opinion
Job needs propel college reforms
I’ve long been bullish on North Carolina’s community colleges. In the past, I’ve praised the system’s cost-effectiveness, its capacity to serve nontraditional students, and the impressive labor-market returns for associate degrees and certificates in such fields as industrial technology, home repair, computer sciences, and health care. Today, I’ll offer you three pieces of good news...