EDITOR’S NOTE: UNC System President Peter Hans made the following remarks at the Red, White and Carolina Blue ceremony May 10 honoring veterans and military graduates. CHAPEL HILL (May 10, 2024) – There are a lot of humbling, gratifying moments in this job, but it’s rare that I get to say with such conviction that… READ MORE
Help a student finish
RALEIGH (May 15, 2024) – It might be a car repair. Or a student has a child. Or they suddenly face medical bills. Or trouble with child care. Any number of obstacles can crop up that stop a student from finishing college. Life happens. As the state pushes to reach a goal of 2 million… READ MORE
Nonprofit urges support for better NC teacher pay
RALEIGH (May 10, 2024) – A new statewide campaign from a nonprofit group aims to build support for state legislators to significantly raise teacher pay in North Carolina. “North Carolinians value our teachers,” said Paul Fulton, Chair of Public Ed Works. “They are essential to our democracy and our economy. And they deserve our respect,… READ MORE
Don’t short-circuit chancellor search
RALEIGH (May 8, 2024) – There’s a process to choose chancellors at UNC System campuses. Follow it. If there was any doubt university leadership has become hyper-politicized in recent years, state House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger removed it last week. As if we need more evidence, both declared that ‘interim’ should… READ MORE
No. 1 in business, No. 38 in teacher pay
RALEIGH (May 8, 2024) – The good news: North Carolina is improving its pitiful starting pay for public school teachers. The bad news: North Carolina has still slipped compared to other states in average pay for all its teachers. It shouldn’t be one or the other that state legislators should emphasize – rather, they should… READ MORE
Protesters crossed a line
CHAPEL HILL (May 2, 2024) – Pro-Palestinian protesters crossed a line Tuesday. Yes, in response to atrocities committed by the militant group Hamas, Israelis have engaged in quite literal overkill among Palestinians in Gaza. And yes, Palestinian supporters have a constitutionally protected right in this country to protest what they see as genocide. But when… READ MORE
Will legislators listen to Cooper? Good luck.
RALEIGH (May 2, 2024) – In a state where 10,000+ teachers – 11.5% – left its public schools in 2023,1 Gov. Roy Cooper proposed a budget last week to rebuild North Carolina’s teacher pipeline. But will Republican state legislators listen? Good luck with that. Instead, they’re in love with vouchers funded by taxpayers to subsidize… READ MORE
PAY our teachers!
RALEIGH (April 25, 2024) – The NC General Assembly is back this week for its so-called “short” session to make adjustments for the second year of the state budget. And boy, are there plenty of “adjustments” to make… The legislature’s analysts project a $1.4 billion revenue surplus for the 2024-25 budget year. But with federal… READ MORE
Board of Governors: Please hit pause
By Dr. Barbara K. Rimer Professor Emerita and Dean Emerita University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL (April 25, 2024) – I am not a Tar Heel born and bred, as the fight song goes, but I am a Tar Heel through and through. I love UNC-Chapel Hill and the state. For 17… READ MORE
Questions on DEI: What’s changed?
RALEIGH (April 25, 2024) – As we approach a vote by the UNC Board of Governors next month to repeal a 2019 policy that requires UNC campuses to hire diversity officers and work toward diversity,1 a few observations and a few questions: 10 members of the Board of Governors voted in September 2019 to adopt the… READ MORE
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