On Tuesday, outgoing UNC president Tom Ross gave a talk at the City Club. It was laden with the sentiments we expect from “progressive” types who have been imbued with the conventional thinking about higher education. (Remember, Jim Hunt used to say that the UNC system was the state’s “economic engine.”)

In today’s Pope Center piece, Dan Way writes about that talk, and gives some ink to people who don’t adhere to that conventional wisdom.

I give some further dissident thoughts about Ross’s talk in this NRO post.