By Paul Fulton Higher Education Works Two years ago, the board that oversees our state’s public universities adopted a plan with an ambitious goal: To raise the percentage of North Carolinians with a bachelor’s degree from 26% of our adult population to 32% by 2018. [1] Projections indicate that the jobs of North Carolina’s future will… READ MORE
Bandwidth CEO: NC Higher Ed A Blessing
David Morken is the Co-Founder and CEO of rapidly growing mobile phone provider Bandwidth, headquartered on NC State University’s Centennial Campus. In an interview, Morken discusses why the company moved from Utah to North Carolina and the importance of the state’s public universities to its success.
Pay attention and speak up, or we will lose something we cannot soon replace
Dr. Mitchell Simpson, Pastor, University Baptist Church An Open Letter from a Chapel Hill pastor to his congregation: If you’re not alarmed over the future of academic freedom at UNC, you’re not paying attention. If you’re not paying attention, you’re forfeiting the spiritual birthright earned at such high cost by our Baptist forebears. If those… READ MORE
McCrory budget: Economy’s up, but another cut for universities
As Gov. Pat McCrory likes to point out, North Carolina is now the 9th most-populous state in the nation. Our state is growing by 276 people a day.[1] North Carolina’s economy is also growing – our unemployment rate in December was below the national average at 5.5%. State officials project “robust” economic growth this year. And… READ MORE
ROSS: Higher ed cuts come at a price
RALEIGH (March 10, 2015) – Tom Ross, President of the University of North Carolina system, issued a sharp warning today about declining support for public higher education in North Carolina and the nation. Repeated budget cuts to the state’s colleges and universities are part of a damaging trend, Ross told the Raleigh City Club’s first National… READ MORE
Community Colleges the “Unsung Heroes” of NC Higher Ed, Bandwidth CEO says
More than ever, we need to support N.C. higher ed
Former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot extols the impact of higher education in the Charlotte region.* Coach Dean Smith was my college coach, and a hero of mine and many others. His recent death brought to mind his words, “You should never be proud of doing the right thing. Just do the right thing.” For years… READ MORE
Commentary: Teacher shortage? Pay them.
North Carolina faces a looming crisis – a shortage of teachers. But putting and keeping great teachers in the classroom isn’t rocket science. Pay them. Gov. Pat McCrory likes to point out that North Carolina is now the 9th most-populous state in the nation. The governor also talks about responding to the marketplace. Markets are about… READ MORE
UNC board on teacher supply: “We have a crisis”
CARY – Leaders of the state’s public universities, community colleges and public schools gathered here Jan. 27 to confront a sharp decline in the supply of teachers in North Carolina. “I’m not going to make this easy. We have a crisis in North Carolina,” declared John Fennebresque, the chairman of the University of North Carolina… READ MORE
Years Without Raises Lead to Campus Brain Drain
Weakened by years without raises for instructors, North Carolina’s public universities are losing the war for faculty talent. In the past two years, 3 out of 4 faculty members who received outside offers decided to leave our state’s public universities. In all, 320 of the University system’s best instructors were lured away. And they took… READ MORE
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