The John Locke Foundation and a dozen other public policy groups in other states have joined together to support a nationally significant court case designed to protect workers' rights The case involves a professor at a northeastern public university campus He challenges a law requiring him to be linked to a labor union he opposes Jon Guze John Locke Foundation director of legal studies discusses the case's significance He explains why JLF is taking part in the case Social justice is playing an increasingly disturbing role in American higher education That National Association of Scholars documents that role in a [... more]

The N C Press Association recently recognized Carolina Journal's excellence with three awards Carolina Journal Online won first-place honors in NCPA's annual competition for Election Political Reporting and Editorials CJ also collected a third-place award for News Enterprise Reporting Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson discusses the awards and their significance for Carolina Journal's work Thirty years have passed since then-U S Education Secretary William Bennett put forward a theory that increased student aid from the federal government drives up the cost of college tuition President Jenna Robinson of the James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal recently reviewed what has come to [... more]

North Carolina's teacher attrition rate dropped last year and those who left the job were less effective teachers than those who stayed Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research digs into the latest data about teacher attrition and teacher vacancies Members of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors are interested in boosting intellectual diversity on campuses They sought advice recently from Princeton professor Robert George the founder and leader of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions George highlighted his program's positive impact on the Princeton campus He also pointed to potential challenges [... more]

The N C Senate has approved its billion General Fund budget It features a tax cut that would total nearly billion over two years It also limits the state government spending increase to roughly half the level recommended in the governor's budget while setting aside more money for reserves and increasing funding for high-priority items Becki Gray John Locke Foundation senior vice president analyzes the Senate's proposals and looks ahead to the development of a state House budget The political world is still coming to grips with Brexit Britain's vote in to leave the European Union Matthew Elliott senior fellow [... more]

The election of Donald Trump as U S president is likely to lead to major changes in the Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare Katherine Restrepo the John Locke Foundation's director of health care policy assesses the potential impact of a Trump administration on the future of American health care policy Free speech on N C public university campuses has had no more vocal advocate in recent years than Mike Adams professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington During a recent speech in Raleigh Adams explained why his latest free-speech cause involves the orientation sessions [... more]