James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

1 week ago | jamesgmartin.center | Ashlynn Warta

When determining tuition costs, public colleges and universities typically distinguish between in-state and out-of-state students, with in-state tuition set at a far lower rate than out-of-state tuition. In North Carolina, for example, the UNC System is designed to serve the people of the state, and while a set percentage of out-of-state students are accepted at each of the 16 institutions, the ultimate goal remains to attract and support in-state students.

4 weeks ago | jamesgmartin.center | George Weigel

[Editor’s note: The following essay is adapted from the lecture “The Catholic University of the Twenty-First Century,” given at FASTA University, Mar del Plata, Argentina, on May 4, 2012.

1 month ago | jamesgmartin.center | George Leef

For the entire existence of the James G. Martin Center, we have been arguing that, due to governmental policies, higher education has been badly oversold. That is, many students have been lured into college even though they have little interest in or aptitude for advanced academic studies. The notion that a college degree was a sure-fire investment that would pay off handsomely after graduation was erroneous, but great numbers of students and their families were taken in by that siren song.

1 month ago | jamesgmartin.center | David Randall

Artificial Intelligence (AI) looks to upend higher education—all education—in no end of ways. The advantage it gives to cheaters by itself is upending the practice of teaching. But AI poses its greatest threat to the liberal arts, to the studia humanitatis, by getting rid of the basic function of this education: to prepare recipients for a job serving the state.

1 month ago | jamesgmartin.center | Ashlynn Warta

This year is the North Carolina legislature’s long session. With the “crossover” deadline of May 8 just a month away, the Martin Center has collected a roundup of proposed bills that impact higher education. While it is possible that not all of these bills will remain under consideration after crossover (the date by which a bill must have been passed by one chamber to be considered by the other), many could go on to become state law.