RALEIGH (April 20, 2023) – If there’s any doubt that education – especially higher education – is in the crosshairs for next year’s elections, North Carolina’s Republican legislators made it clear in recent days. It’s bill-filing season – the time of year when some poor soul in the General Assembly’s Bill Drafting Division must attempt… READ MORE
NCCCS President Cox: ‘That’s what community colleges do, folks’
RALEIGH (April 24, 2023) – For the new president of North Carolina’s Community College System, community colleges are about meeting employers’ needs. But most important of all, they’re about economic mobility for students. Dr. Jeff Cox, currently President of Wilkes Community College, will become President on July 1 of the NC Community College System,1 which… READ MORE
Playing catch-up on starting teacher pay – with Alabama?
RALEIGH (April 26, 2023) – School started in North Carolina this year with more than 5,000 teacher vacancies in K-12 public schools. So North Carolina is allegedly worried about recruiting more teachers to the profession. But is it serious? As legislators pat themselves on the back over a budget proposal passed this month by the… READ MORE
Peter Hans on diversity and free expression
Editor’s Note: UNC System President Peter Hans delivered these remarks as his President’s Report to the UNC Board of Governors at the board’s meeting at UNC-Pembroke last week. They have been edited for length. PEMBROKE (April 20, 2023) – North Carolina is growing and growing more diverse. And UNC Pembroke, thanks to the rich and… READ MORE
Lawmakers nibble, nibble, nibble at governor’s powers
RALEIGH (April 20, 2023) – Since colonial days, North Carolina has always had weak governors – call it lingering distrust of the King’s colonial toadies. And my, has it lingered – in fact, North Carolina was the last state in the union to give its governor veto power, in 1996.1 But repeated moves by the… READ MORE
Study: UNC System athletics have $1.1B impact
PEMBROKE (April 19, 2022) – They’re known as the front porch of the university. But they’re also big business. Athletics across the University of North Carolina System generate a total economic impact of $1.13 billion a year in the state and support nearly 10,000 jobs, according to a study presented to the UNC Board of… READ MORE
A nurse’s nurse: UNCP’s Beasley honored for public service
PEMBROKE (April 20, 2023) – At a time when North Carolina is struggling to solve its shortage of nurses, it’s fitting that the UNC Board of Governors chose to honor a pioneer nursing instructor. The UNC System governing board awarded the 2022 James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service this morning to… READ MORE
CEOs: Solve NC teacher shortage to build better readers
RALEIGH (April 11, 2023) – Business leaders delivered a twofold message to state politicians Tuesday: North Carolina must expand its Pre-K program to build reading skills by 3rd grade. But we can’t do that unless we first solve the state’s teacher shortage. “It’s essential to the children of North Carolina, to North Carolina businesses and… READ MORE
The game just changed. Or did it?
RALEIGH (April 6, 2023) – The game just changed. Or did it? The elections last fall gave Republicans a veto-proof majority in the state Senate, but left them one vote shy of the 72 votes they need in the state House (3/5 of those present and voting) to overturn Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes. Rep…. READ MORE
NC House seeks to increase nurses, instructors
RALEIGH (April 6, 2023) – There’s no shortage of people who want to be nurses. But there is a shortage of people to turn them into nurses – and as a result, a shortage of nurses in North Carolina. The budget proposal the state House approved today tries to address that shortage by providing millions… READ MORE
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