Pope Center
Encyclopedia
The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of North Carolina
"dedicated to improving higher education in North Carolina and the nation". The Pope Center originated in 1996 as a project of the John Locke Foundation
, a nonprofit think tank
concerned especially with individual liberty, free markets, and limited government. In 2003 the Pope Center was incorporated as a separate entity. The president of the Pope Center is Jane S. Shaw
and its director of research is George Leef. It is located in Raleigh
, North Carolina and named for the late John William Pope, who served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
. The Pope Center sees itself as playing a "watchdog" role with respect to higher education in North Carolina in general and the public system in particular; this has on occasion provoked negative responses, especially from faculty teaching in programs or at institutions about which the Pope Center has commented unfavorably. The Pope Center makes available on its website many of the research and policy papers produced under its auspices, and it has a special interest in freedom of speech at colleges and universities in North Carolina. The Pope Center is funded primarily by the John William Pope Foundation. Among the members of its Academic Advisory Committee are Stephen Balch
, Alan Kors
, Anne Neal
, John Shelton Reed
, Abigail Thernstrom
, Walter E. Williams
, and Marty Zupan
.
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
"dedicated to improving higher education in North Carolina and the nation". The Pope Center originated in 1996 as a project of the John Locke Foundation
John Locke Foundation
The John Locke Foundation is a free market think tank in North Carolina started in 1990. Its mission statement says the "John Locke Foundation employs research, journalism, and outreach programs to transform government through competition, innovation, personal freedom, and personal responsibility...
, a nonprofit think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
concerned especially with individual liberty, free markets, and limited government. In 2003 the Pope Center was incorporated as a separate entity. The president of the Pope Center is Jane S. Shaw
Jane S. Shaw
Jane S. Shaw is an American environmentalist, editor, and journalist. She is the President of the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, and has served as a Senior Fellow of the Property and Environment Research Center as well as President of the Association of Private Enterprise...
and its director of research is George Leef. It is located in Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
, North Carolina and named for the late John William Pope, who served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
. The Pope Center sees itself as playing a "watchdog" role with respect to higher education in North Carolina in general and the public system in particular; this has on occasion provoked negative responses, especially from faculty teaching in programs or at institutions about which the Pope Center has commented unfavorably. The Pope Center makes available on its website many of the research and policy papers produced under its auspices, and it has a special interest in freedom of speech at colleges and universities in North Carolina. The Pope Center is funded primarily by the John William Pope Foundation. Among the members of its Academic Advisory Committee are Stephen Balch
Stephen Balch
Stephen H. Balch is the chairman and was the founding president of the National Association of Scholars, and has received one of the 2007 National Humanities Medals....
, Alan Kors
Alan Charles Kors
Alan Charles Kors is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches the intellectual history of the 17th and 18th centuries. He has received both the Lindback Foundation Award and the Ira Abrams Memorial Award for distinguished college teaching. Dr. Kors graduated summa...
, Anne Neal
Anne D. Neal
Anne deHayden Neal is the president of the non-profit organization American Council of Trustees and Alumni .-Biography:Ms. Neal spent her childhood in Indiana, where her father was the editor of the small-town newspaper, the Noblesville Daily Ledger. She graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa from...
, John Shelton Reed
John Shelton Reed
John Shelton Reed is a sociologist and essayist, author or editor of eighteen books, most of them dealing with the contemporary American South. Reed regularly contributes articles to non-academic publications such as The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and the Oxford American...
, Abigail Thernstrom
Abigail Thernstrom
Abigail Thernstrom, a conservative political scientist, is a former Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute in New York, a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education, and vice chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. She received her Ph.D...
, Walter E. Williams
Walter E. Williams
Walter E. Williams, is an American economist, commentator, and academic. He is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, as well as a syndicated columnist and author known for his libertarian views.- Early life and education :Williams family during childhood...
, and Marty Zupan
Marty Zupan
-Biography:Marty Zupan received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Psychology from the State University of New York at Fredonia.In 1975, she joined Reason as a book review editor, became associate editor in 1978, and served through the 1980s as managing editor and editor-in-chief, leaving in 1989...
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