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SPELLINGS: Strengthening NC’s Education Continuum

August 10, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings made the following remarks Thursday, Aug. 10 at the North Carolina Chamber’s 2017 Conference on Education. Thank you so much for welcoming me this morning, and thank you for focusing attention on a core issue for North Carolina’s competitiveness and quality of life. Over the past few weeks,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Leadership, President Spellings, UNC System

The good and bad of the 2017-19 state budget

June 28, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

RALEIGH (June 28, 2017) – Today the NC General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the 2017-19 state budget that legislators approved last week. To be sure, there are things to like in the budget. There are raises for public school teachers of almost 10% over two years.  There’s partial restoration of the NC… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, Expert Analysis, NC Community Colleges, UNC System

NC budget: Positive short-term, threatening long-term

June 22, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 7 Comments

RALEIGH (June 22, 2017) – At first glance, the budget compromise unveiled this week by legislative leaders seems encouraging. It would grant K-12 public school teachers an average raise of 3.3% this year and 9.6% over two years.  It would give significant raises to K-12 principals, a priority of the group BEST NC. It would… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, At Risk, Expert Analysis, NC Community Colleges, UNC System

State budget proposals: Still not enough

June 6, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (June 7, 2017) – When it comes to higher education in North Carolina, budget proposals adopted in recent weeks by the NC Senate and NC House both have their strengths and flaws. By stifling the urge to keep cutting taxes, the budget proposed in March by Gov. Roy Cooper would do more for higher… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, Expert Analysis, UNC System

Spellings: “Make higher education our higher expectation”

May 25, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – It seems so simple – yet not everyone seems to get it. “A better educated state benefits us all,” begins Higher Expectations, the University of North Carolina System’s new strategic plan for 2017-22. “That basic truth has guided North Carolina for centuries.  It drives our commitment to public education, including our constitutional… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Access & Affordability, Leadership, UNC System

Educate for jobs or life? Spellings: “Both of those things.”

May 25, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – Anyone who’s taken the SAT knows that sometimes the answer is “all of the above.” And that’s how University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings responds in the accompanying video when asked whether universities should focus on training for specific jobs or providing a sound, flexible education. “We need to do both… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, Leadership, UNC System

NC’s disinvestment: More tuition, more debt, fewer teachers

May 18, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

RALEIGH – Continuing our look at North Carolina’s disinvestment in public education, a shortfall in state support has meant higher tuition and more debt for university students and fewer teachers for students in our K-12 public schools. Though higher education is a public good that benefits us all – and our state constitution requires legislators… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, At Risk, Expert Analysis, Teacher Preparation, teachers, UNC System

A long-term slide in NC education spending

May 11, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH – Since the mid-2000s, North Carolina has seen a general decline in expenditures per student in our K-12 public schools, community colleges and public universities. Likewise – despite a modest bump the past few years – the state’s rank in average K-12 teacher salaries has declined since 2000. Figures on average teacher salaries released… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, At Risk, Expert Analysis, NC Community Colleges, teachers, UNC System

Spellings: ‘The commitment is absolutely palpable’

March 30, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – A year into her job as President of the University of North Carolina System, what strikes Margaret Spellings the most is the fundamental devotion of university faculty and staff to 225,000 students. “The reason I took the job … was it’s truly one of the finest university systems in the country,” Spellings… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Leadership, President Spellings, UNC System

Return of the Teaching Fellows?

March 9, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (March 9, 2017) – Legislative and education leaders proposed a partial restoration today of the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program that would offer forgivable loans to college students who agree to become public school teachers in high-demand STEM and special-education fields. The Teaching Fellows program began in 1986 and offered four-year scholarships to promising students… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Focus on Quality, teachers, UNC System

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