PEMBROKE (April 19, 2022) – They’re known as the front porch of the university. But they’re also big business. Athletics across the University of North Carolina System generate a total economic impact of $1.13 billion a year in the state and support nearly 10,000 jobs, according to a study presented to the UNC Board of… READ MORE
A nurse’s nurse: UNCP’s Beasley honored for public service
PEMBROKE (April 20, 2023) – At a time when North Carolina is struggling to solve its shortage of nurses, it’s fitting that the UNC Board of Governors chose to honor a pioneer nursing instructor. The UNC System governing board awarded the 2022 James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service this morning to… READ MORE
CEOs: Solve NC teacher shortage to build better readers
RALEIGH (April 11, 2023) – Business leaders delivered a twofold message to state politicians Tuesday: North Carolina must expand its Pre-K program to build reading skills by 3rd grade. But we can’t do that unless we first solve the state’s teacher shortage. “It’s essential to the children of North Carolina, to North Carolina businesses and… READ MORE
The game just changed. Or did it?
RALEIGH (April 6, 2023) – The game just changed. Or did it? The elections last fall gave Republicans a veto-proof majority in the state Senate, but left them one vote shy of the 72 votes they need in the state House (3/5 of those present and voting) to overturn Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes. Rep…. READ MORE
NC House seeks to increase nurses, instructors
RALEIGH (April 6, 2023) – There’s no shortage of people who want to be nurses. But there is a shortage of people to turn them into nurses – and as a result, a shortage of nurses in North Carolina. The budget proposal the state House approved today tries to address that shortage by providing millions… READ MORE
House budget: Raises for teachers, but we can do better
RALEIGH (March 30, 2023) – The 2023-25 state budget rolled out this week by Republicans in the state House makes steps in the right direction on a number of fronts, but chiefly teacher pay. But this state can do better. It’s only the beginning in the budget process – the state Senate still needs to… READ MORE
Hans: UNC System steps up mental health efforts
EDITOR’S NOTE: North Carolina faces a crisis in student mental health; there have been five student suicides at NC State University alone this academic year. System President Peter Hans delivered these remarks to the UNC Board of Governors on Feb. 23. He delivered them again Tuesday, disclosing his own struggles with depression, to almost 400 administrators,… READ MORE
North Carolina joins the DEI Inquisition
RALEIGH (March 23, 2023) – Now we’ve joined some fine company. The General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations asked the UNC System last week for an exhaustive inventory of employee training programs and costs across the system’s 17 campuses “which cover the subject matters of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (‘DEIA’) or other… READ MORE
UNC-CH board backs policy against political questions
CHAPEL HILL (March 23, 2023) – The chair of UNC-Chapel Hill’s trustees isn’t backing down from a new School of Civic Life and Leadership – or a new policy that forbids university officials to ask applicants about their positions on political issues. But he doesn’t say how the university can do both at the same… READ MORE
Take care of those who take care of us
RALEIGH (March 16, 2023) – News Item: State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler told a state House committee last week that he needs at least $7 million to increase pay in his department. Troxler, a popular Republican, told legislators his 2,033-person agency has 278 vacancies, and those vacancies are increasingly hard to fill. Even when jobs… READ MORE
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