- House adds a touch of variety to BOG
RALEIGH (May 3, 2023) – The NC House made its appointments to the UNC Board of Governors this week – and added a touch of ethnic and political variety in ...Read more - Vouchers: The privatization of NC public schools
By Don Martin and David Rice RALEIGH (May 5, 2023) – News Item: Average teacher pay in North Carolina public schools ranks 34th in the nation this school year, up from ...Read more - UNC System in the crosshairs
RALEIGH (April 20, 2023) – If there’s any doubt that education – especially higher education – is in the crosshairs for next year’s elections, North Carolina’s Republican legislators made it ...Read more - NCCCS President Cox: ‘That’s what community colleges do, folks’
RALEIGH (April 24, 2023) – For the new president of North Carolina’s Community College System, community colleges are about meeting employers’ needs. But most important of all, they’re about economic ...Read more - Playing catch-up on starting teacher pay – with Alabama?
RALEIGH (April 26, 2023) – School started in North Carolina this year with more than 5,000 teacher vacancies in K-12 public schools. So North Carolina is allegedly worried about recruiting more ...Read more - Peter Hans on diversity and free expression
Editor’s Note: UNC System President Peter Hans delivered these remarks as his President’s Report to the UNC Board of Governors at the board’s meeting at UNC-Pembroke last week. They have ...Read more - Lawmakers nibble, nibble, nibble at governor’s powers
RALEIGH (April 20, 2023) – Since colonial days, North Carolina has always had weak governors – call it lingering distrust of the King’s colonial toadies. And my, has it lingered – ...Read more - Study: UNC System athletics have $1.1B impact
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 ...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 ...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 ...Read more










