EDITOR’S NOTE: As President of Sara Lee Corporation, Paul Fulton penned these words in the early 1990s. Thirty years later, they are just as relevant. Fulton is the founder and Chair of Higher Ed Works. By Paul Fulton CHICAGO – In a recent report, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by the year 2050, African-Americans,… READ MORE
Public universities remain affordable, available
By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (July 13, 2023) – Two recent decisions by the US Supreme Court — one ending affirmative action in college admissions and the other quashing President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions in student loan debt — reignited debates about who gets into selective colleges and who shoulders the burden of… READ MORE
Johnson and Parnell: Shortsighted decision
By James H. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., and Allan M. Parnell, Ph.D. CHAPEL HILL (July 6, 2023) – Affirmative action was the legal remedy ending decades of racial discrimination in college admissions. It increased higher education access and opportunities long denied to African-Americans, Latinos, and other people of color. If, as expected, the Supreme Court’s decision… READ MORE
Tom Ross on Supreme Court ruling: Disappointing
Former UNC System and Davidson College President Tom Ross – also a former NC Superior Court judge – shared the following thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on race-conscious admissions at UNC-Chapel Hill. In the majority opinion striking down race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. seemed to… READ MORE
Will affirmative action decision fuel HBCU enrollment?
GREENSBORO (June 6, 2023) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection last week of affirmative action in college admissions could also fuel an enrollment boom at the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – putting an already significant enrollment trend on steroids. David Thomas, President of prestigious HBCU Morehouse College in Atlanta, told The New… READ MORE
Peter Hans on diversity and free expression
Editor’s Note: UNC System President Peter Hans delivered these remarks as his President’s Report to the UNC Board of Governors at the board’s meeting at UNC-Pembroke last week. They have been edited for length. PEMBROKE (April 20, 2023) – North Carolina is growing and growing more diverse. And UNC Pembroke, thanks to the rich and… READ MORE
North Carolina joins the DEI Inquisition
RALEIGH (March 23, 2023) – Now we’ve joined some fine company. The General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations asked the UNC System last week for an exhaustive inventory of employee training programs and costs across the system’s 17 campuses “which cover the subject matters of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (‘DEIA’) or other… READ MORE
Art Padilla: Universities and DEI, Part 1
RALEIGH (February 17, 2023) – More than half of North Carolina’s 100 counties have lost population since 2010. Those who live in fast growing metropolitan areas like Raleigh, Charlotte, or Wilmington seldom grasp the poverty and lack of opportunity that exist just a few miles from their homes. Yet, instead of boldly focusing on these and other difficulties… READ MORE
Universities and DEI, Part 2: What’s new?
The exquisite irony in our polarized scenarios is that universities have had DEI-like entities and official statements about university commitments to civil rights laws in place for decades. The stationery in the UNC President’s office has declared institutional support for equal opportunity and affirmative action since the early 1970s. Perhaps the words have changed to… READ MORE
Universities and DEI, Part 3: Draconian options and board duties
The draconian hand of a central university board and the “nuclear option” of legislation or loyalty oaths or policy statements prohibiting what are, or are thought to be, inappropriate questions are not helpful here. We could benefit from less meddling by university boards and much less micro-management by our legislatures. Recruitment of top administrators is… READ MORE
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