More Exposure for Higher Ed Issues

The Duke University law student who wrote about the recent Pope Center conference for the Renew America web site, John Plecnik, has also published the piece on David Horowitz’s web site. UNC-Chapel Hill’s new Latina/o studies program is a topic of interest for readers of the online forum of the National Association of Scholars. The commentary by George Leef reviews the new minor at UNC’s flagship campus. To read the Oct. 20 posting, go to the National Association of Scholars web site. The same item has been posted by Education News. An article about government subsidies of higher education prompted Leef to write to the editor of National Review. In a letter published in the Nov. 8 issue, Leef addressed the dwindling value of a college degree as more people earn them and fewer institutions require rigorous study. “Rather than provide an education, many schools merely sell an expensive credential of dubious value,” Leef wrote