From zero to 142 majors in one year is rapid growth for a new degree program at East Carolina University. The university studies program has experienced that surge because its flexible curriculum appeals to a definite niche of students, officials said.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 8:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University students are applying the skills they've learned in the classroom at a myriad of internships this summer. From working at a military base in North Carolina to the fashion hub of Manhattan, students are gaining valuable on-the-job experience from professionals in their...
Published: Monday, July 14th, 2014 @ 11:49 pm
By: ECU News Services
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There is an impossibly tough question that all universities must answer, from a legal if not moral perspective. How much of our limited resources should we spend to ensure that the next victim of a sex crime is given the treatment he or she deserves? The University of North Carolina at...
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 2:14 am
By: John William Pope Center
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In the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne describes one of the characters at the Custom House who is well suited to government work. He is the Inspector, an epicurean so devoid of imagination, feeling, and soul that he is likened to "the beasts of the field." His mental capacities are limited to...
Published: Friday, March 14th, 2014 @ 7:39 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The political left never rests in its drive to transform the U.S. into a more statist, more collective society. Its adherents are always scanning the status quo for openings and vulnerabilities to exploit, and they tirelessly produce a wide array of initiatives to advance their cause. It is hard...
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 10:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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On an ordinary Monday morning in a graduate industrial engineering class at North Carolina State University, one would expect to hear talk about statistical analysis, linear programming, or maybe the outcome of the previous weekend's football game. In reality, it is nearly impossible to discern...
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 2:54 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The Pope Center recently published a report on UNC-Chapel Hill's general education program - the "core curriculum" of non-major requirements that all students must complete in order to graduate. In our report, we analyzed the current system and then presented two alternative programs for general...
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 9:29 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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For those who remember general education in the distant past, let me spell it out a little more clearly. Courses such as Introduction to Sexuality Studies and American Environmental Policy replace broad survey courses like Survey of World History, American History before 1865, and American...
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 6:55 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today: North Carolina Biotechnology Center, North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board, orth Carolina State Library Commission, North Carolina Real Estate Commission, North Carolina Local Government Commission
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2013 @ 9:16 am
By: David Winstead
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Early June is alumni weekend time at many private colleges, where past graduates gather to revisit old haunts, compare notes with fellow classmates, and hear stirring pronouncements from current administrators. It is also where donation-seeking alumni offices hope to inspire alumni to step up...
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2013 @ 2:19 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The historian Polybius famously observed that empires deteriorate either internally or from without.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 8:34 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Common Core is an educational curriculum being forced upon the states by the Obama administration, which is scheduled to be mostly implemented this year in the 46 states that have adopted it.
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 5:18 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I cross the border under cover of night and slip into the foreign capital. In my trench coat and hat, I hope to complete my mission unrecognized. On the icy river, lights twinkle from the distant hotel. I hesitate a moment, but walk on; there is no turning back. I will execute my mission.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 2:14 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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“Fascists,” “bums,” and “killing machines.” That’s how conservatives and Republicans were described at the initial meeting of a new organization of faculty members in North Carolina. The group, named “Scholars for a Progressive North Carolina,” was formed in response to...
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2013 @ 5:07 am
By: John William Pope Center
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When commentator John Stossel was at ABC News, he said that talking to his colleagues about their bias was like talking to fish about water--"What water? It's just...
Published: Sunday, April 7th, 2013 @ 8:49 am
By: Jane Shaw
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BCCC celebrates Black History Month with songs, speeches, testimonials Over 200 people celebrated Black History Month at Beaufort County Community College on Monday, Feb. 18, in an event highlighted by children*s songs and an inspirational speech by noted author Columbus Copeland.
Published: Monday, February 25th, 2013 @ 12:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nothing bristles dedicated conservatives like the word 'amnesty' tossed around while Congress debates immigration reform.
Published: Monday, February 18th, 2013 @ 1:39 am
By: Alicia Colon
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As we watched the Arab Spring roll violently across the Middle East engulfing country after country, the hope that a democracy was finally coming to the Arabic World was crushed by the reality of who the protesters were.
Published: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 @ 9:48 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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The youth of the Western World has no concept of history or what their grandparents lived through. The greatest generation that overcame so much in the Great Depression yet succeeded in life gave birth to the worst one - mine.
Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 @ 11:58 pm
By: Alicia Colon
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Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of England, was closely associated with the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany in 1938. After ceding part of the Czech motherland to Adolf Hitler, he returned to England and loudly proclaimed, "We have peace. We have peace in our time."
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2012 @ 11:47 am
By: Marvin Sparks
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Recent years have seen some tough times for employees and students in the University of North Carolina system, with a number of layoffs, repeated tuition hikes, and few raises.
Published: Friday, August 10th, 2012 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Our President has announced worldwide that the United States is the largest Muslim nation. We are at the verge of building a magnificent mosque at Ground Zero as a symbol of Islam's conquest.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2011 @ 10:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Diane Rufino: "I think Mike Hayes and I have a fundamental disagreement on both the foundation and the future of this country."
Published: Friday, May 21st, 2010 @ 6:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Diane Rufino's most recent article gives a very cogent and convincing argument as to why government shouldn't be trusted.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 @ 9:37 pm
By: Mike Hayes
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