We frequently hear from politicians that higher education is extremely

important to our economic success. North Carolina’s former governor Jim

Hunt called it the “economic engine” of the state. If so, we ought to worry

that the engine might run out of steam. This article from the Greensboro News & Record about the reading being assigned and courses students can take hardly makes one think of trains speeding by.

But it’s good to know that students appreciate it when their professors

“break from dusty academic tradition to find their texts.” Novels and comic

books keep them happy and that’s the main concern at many colleges and

universities these days.