In today’s Pope Center piece, my colleague Jay Schalin writes about the North Carolina governor’s proposed budget and the wringing of hands it has caused in the UNC system. The budget doesn’t give the UNC system all the money it has asked for, and we’re getting the usual cries that the universities won’t be able to do their job of educating students.

The last thing you’ll ever hear higher-ed officials say is that they’ve gotten used to spending a lot of money that has nothing to do with teaching students things they actually need to know.