WINSTON-SALEM (April 18, 2024) – The UNC System will seek an additional $70 million in operating funds – or 1.9% – from the General Assembly this spring, largely to reward UNC campuses for increases in enrollment and efficiency. The plan reviewed by the UNC Governors this week relies on the System’s new performance-weighted funding model,… READ MORE
Eight years of flat UNC System tuition
RALEIGH (February 29, 2024) – One thing that’s not increasing in price these days is tuition for North Carolina college students. For the eighth year in a row, the UNC Board of Governors voted today not to increase tuition for in-state undergraduate students for 2024-25. And fees for in-state students will increase by less than… READ MORE
BOG wants a voice in athletic conference switches
RALEIGH (January 25, 2024) – As college athletic conferences expand and contract like accordions, the UNC Board of Governors is moving to insert itself in the process. A committee of the board that oversees all 17 UNC campuses approved a policy Wednesday – to be considered by the full board in February – that would… READ MORE
Hopes for 2024
RALEIGH (January 4, 2024) – The 2024 elections will be important to America – and to the future of American democracy. But they also will be vitally important to the future of North Carolina and its children. From governor to state legislators to local school boards, the state’s voters will make critical choices up and… READ MORE
2023: The chaos continues
RALEIGH (December 28, 2023) – It might seem strange to complain about underfunding of public education in a year when North Carolina had a $4.8 billion budget surplus.1 But it’s true. In a year when: North Carolina ranked 50th of 50 states in the percentage of GDP it devotes to K-12 public education, The state… READ MORE
They drove him out
EAST LANSING, Mich. (December 8, 2023) – They drove him out. As Higher Ed Works Chair Paul Fulton told us more than two weeks ago, the NC General Assembly, the UNC Board of Governors and especially the current UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees all but made it certain that Kevin Guskiewicz – a MacArthur “genius… READ MORE
Little wonder why Guskiewicz might leave
By Paul Fulton WINSTON-SALEM (November 21, 2023) – There’s little wonder why UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz is entertaining a new job. Guskiewicz is reportedly a finalist for the presidency at Michigan State University.1 Though he is a nationally renowned expert in neuroscience and concussions, a MacArthur Genius Award winner and a deft administrator,… READ MORE
ROI study shows value of a UNC System degree
GREENSBORO (November 16, 2023) – If there’s any doubt about the value of a UNC System degree, a new study shows an incredible return on that investment. The $2 million study by Deloitte – ordered by the NC General Assembly in 2021 – found that out of 1,299 programs across the UNC System, 93% had… READ MORE
What’s next in UNC admissions case? ‘Hard work’
HENDERSON (October 3, 2023) – What will happen after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race in college admissions in June? Opinions varied widely in a recent debate – yet panelists reached surprising consensus on the need to improve K-12 public schools. The debate at Vance-Granville Community College was the first in… READ MORE
UNC System officials praise state budget
RALEIGH (October 19, 2023) – UNC System officials predictably praised the new 2023-25 state budget today, saying it puts money into both UNC’s people and its property. “Faculty and staff work hard to serve our students and our mission, and we need to compensate them, particularly given inflationary pressures,” UNC System President Peter Hans told… READ MORE
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