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Summer reading and lessons about campus names and renaming

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 3, 2016 | D.G. Martin

What can Yale University teach UNC-Chapel Hill and other universities about naming and renaming college buildings and programs? What does Yale’s solution have to do with North Carolina and one of the books I recommend for early...

It’s All About Divide and Conquer

Posted by The Commentators | May 2, 2016 | The Commentators

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Student Loan Debt Crushes College Grads

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 29, 2016 | The Commentators

Ask any UNC student what the greatest challenge facing them after graduation and they will tell you paying down the staggering mountain of debt accumulated over four years of college. Nearly half of all UNC students have...

Evaluate Nonprofits Before You Give

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 28, 2016 | The Commentators

We live in a very generous community that contributes to many organizations that help a lot of people. While we have a lot cheerful givers, the overall level of giving is down. The state of the economy probably has a lot to do...

An Election of Change?

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 28, 2016 | Columns

Election Years generally can be classified as one of two kinds: A “Change” year, such as in 1980, 1992, 2008, or a “Stay the Course” election, such as in 1984, 1996, 2012. The 2016 race feels like a Change election, for a number...

How Can We Make Others Feel More Welcome?

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 27, 2016 | The Commentators

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Groping and hoping: Why John Hart is so good and why the latest book took so long to write

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 27, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Can’t we just find something that we can agree upon? Thrown into a silly unnecessary bathroom dispute that has brought unwelcome international attention, good North Carolinians of all ideological, religious, and political...

What Can We Do About Guns?

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 25, 2016 | The Commentators

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Don’t Extinguish the Creative Sparks of the University

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 22, 2016 | The Commentators

I recently read that state appropriations to public research universities have dropped 34 percent in the last decade. Now, seven years after the end of the Great Recession, per pupil state expenditure on higher education in...

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Summer reading and lessons about campus names and renaming

It’s All About Divide and Conquer

Student Loan Debt Crushes College Grads

Evaluate Nonprofits Before You Give

An Election of Change?

How Can We Make Others Feel More Welcome?

Groping and hoping: Why John Hart is so good and why the latest book took so long to write

What Can We Do About Guns?

Don’t Extinguish the Creative Sparks of the University

Are Taxes Pushing Chapel Hill Residents Away?

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