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Last week, a working group from the UNC system's Board of Governors drew national attention and student and faculty protest after it announced plans to discontinue three of the system's 237 centers and increase oversight of thirteen others.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If the recent review of campus-based centers by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors was all an elaborate ruse to silence a critic of state Republicans, it would probably qualify as the most improbable, elaborate, and ineffective conspiracy in North Carolina history.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 11:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a draft report released this week, the working group of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors has completed its review of the 240 research centers scattered among the system campuses. It recommends further review of only 13 and closure of just three.
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a pleasure to announce that Jenna A. Robinson, currently director of outreach for the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, is about to become our new president. I am retiring, and my last day will be Friday, Feb. 13. I am joining the board of the Pope Center as vice-chairman.
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 4:16 am
By: John William Pope Center
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European civilization collapsed in the centuries following the fall of Rome. Barbarian hordes overran much of the continent. The vibrant intellectual life of Greece and Rome was no more; learning and literacy plummeted between the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 @ 8:34 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Imagine that a UNC Center for Western Civilization (which, of course, does not exist) were to co-sponsor a conference with the Heritage Foundation.
Published: Monday, December 29th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It's been weeks since children developed their wish lists, and they are about to find out if Santa has brought what they asked for. We here at the Pope Center have put together our own wish list...
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 7:09 am
By: Duke Cheston
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