The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
| Named after | Gov. James G. Martin |
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| Formation | 2003 |
| Founder | Art Pope |
| Purpose | Higher education policy |
| Location | |
| Methods | Public policy |
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President
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Jenna Ashley Robinson |
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Revenue (2015)
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$629,859 |
| Expenses (2015) | $651,393 |
| Website | http://www.jamesgmartin.center/ |
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Formerly called
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Pope Center for Higher Education Policy |
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal (formerly the Pope Center) is an American conservative nonprofit institute located in Raleigh, North Carolina "dedicated to improving higher education in North Carolina and the nation." It was founded and is funded largely by Art Pope, a North Carolina businessman and philanthropist. The Martin Center is one of several conservative public policy centers underwritten by the Pope family, which has also contributed significantly to UNC-Chapel Hill and, in lesser amounts, to arts and humanitarian causes in North Carolina.
Formerly known as the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, the Martin Center changed its name in January 2017 and is named after former North Carolina Governor James G. Martin (1985-1993). The Martin Center has attained the GuideStar Exchange Gold participation level, a symbol of transparency and accountability.
The Martin Center originated in 1996 as a project of the John Locke Foundation (also founded by Art Pope), a nonprofit think tank concerned especially with free markets, limited constitutional government, and personal responsibility. In 2003, the then-Pope Center was incorporated as a separate entity.
The current president of the Martin Center is Jenna Ashley Robinson. The previous president was Jane S. Shaw, who retired in February 2015. The director of research at the Martin Center is George Leef, and its director of policy analysis is Jay Schalin. Schalin studied Computer Science at New Jersey's Richard Stockton College and Leef is the former Vice-President of the John Locke Foundation.
The Martin Center describes its role as a "watchdog" with respect to higher education in the United States in general and the public system in North Carolina in particular. The UNC Chapel-Hill included among its trustees John W. Pope, father of Art Pope, who saw the university campus as becoming close-minded and politically correct. The Martin Center makes available on its website many of the research and policy papers authored by its staff, including reports on campus speech codes, faculty teaching loads, general education programs, and privately funded university academic centers.
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