RALEIGH – Raises for faculty and staff are at the top of the NC Community Colleges’ legislative agenda this year. “We’re the third-largest system in the country, yet our faculty and staff – those individuals that day in and day out provide educational instruction to our students – rank 41st in the nation (in pay),”… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina’s community colleges will be pivotal to meeting the state’s goal of 2 million people with degrees or high-quality credentials by 2030, says UNC System President Peter Hans. “If we’re to achieve the goal of 2 million more North Carolinians by 2030, community colleges really will be at the center of that strategy,”… READ MORE
RALEIGH (May 5, 2021) – When’s the last time North Carolina’s K-12 public schools, community colleges, public and private universities, as well as its business, philanthropic and faith communities, all agreed on a course of action? It’s hard to recall, but that’s what they’ve done by adopting a goal to make sure North Carolinians are… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (April 28, 2021) – Birth rates dropped during the Great Recession – many families weren’t sure of their futures. And 13 years later, colleges and universities are preparing to face the consequences. The population of 18- to 24-year-olds nationwide is projected to decline in coming years, with precipitous drops in the Northeast and… READ MORE
By Eric Johnson North Carolina is entering a strange economic moment. Less than a year after the sharpest recession in modern history, the state is poised for a booming recovery. After peaking at 13.5% in May of last year, state unemployment now stands at 5.2%. But that’s not the whole story. There are two ways… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (April 22, 2021) – The UNC Board of Governors voted to name an online sports-gambling executive to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees today over the objections of prominent board members. Malcolm Turner was a Morehead Scholar and a Rhodes Scholar finalist at UNC-Chapel Hill, later earning a JD and MBA from Harvard University…. READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (April 22, 2021) – The UNC Board of Governors voted today to allow the UNC System’s five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to raise enrollment of out-of-state students to as much as 25% of each freshman class. “This will improve the stability of these campuses,” UNC System President Peter Hans said. Hans… READ MORE
CARY (April 14, 2021) – In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and learning losses among the state’s most vulnerable students, North Carolina needs to double down on early-childhood education and literacy, a group of prominent CEOs said today. “COVID learning losses have impacted our youngest students the hardest – and particularly our students of… READ MORE
RALEIGH (April 9, 2021) – A proposal that surfaced last week to name state legislators to the UNC Board of Governors would further politicize a board that’s already overly politicized. It’s not a good idea. HB455 would allow each house of the NC General Assembly to appoint two of its own members to the Board… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL – There’s a case to be made for raising the limit on out-of-state students at some UNC System campuses. “I’ve supported increasing the cap on out-of-state students in their first year from 18% to 25% for our five Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” UNC System President Peter Hans says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
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