John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood discusses a controversial leftist UNC-Chapel Hill professor, Gene Nichol, and the UNC Board of Governors’ decision to close Nichol’s poverty center. Hood offered these comments during the March 1, 2015, episode of N.C. Spin.
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...