Pope Center

The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of North Carolina^[1] "dedicated to improving higher education in North Carolina and the nation".^[2] The Pope Center originated in 1996^[3] as a project of the John Locke Foundation, a nonprofit think tank concerned especially with individual liberty, free markets, and limited government.^[4][5] 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.^[6][7][8] It is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and named for the late John William Pope,^[9] who served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[10] 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.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]} The Pope Center makes available on its website many of the research and policy papers produced under its auspices,^[19] and it has a special interest in freedom of speech at colleges and universities in North Carolina.^[20] The Pope Center is funded primarily by the John William Pope Foundation.^[21][22] 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.^[23]

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External links

• The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy (Official Website)
• The John Locke Foundation
• The John William Pope Foundation