RALEIGH – To lead North Carolina’s economic recovery, the state’s community colleges will need support from the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper, the NC Community College System’s president says. In the accompanying video, System President Thomas Stith III lays out what he calls a “moderate” agenda for this year’s legislative session. First and foremost,… READ MORE
Cooper’s proposed budget: Long-overdue investments
RALEIGH (March 31, 2021) – Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed state budget for 2021-23 would award long-overdue raises to educators and put a $4.7 billion bond issue on the ballot to pay for capital projects across North Carolina’s education systems. As State Budget Director Charles Perusse noted, the governor’s proposal is just the first inning in… READ MORE
Hans: Five years of flat UNC System tuition
CHAPEL HILL (March 17, 2021) – North Carolina not only has a constitutional guarantee of low university tuition – it also has a moral obligation, says UNC System President Peter Hans. “I’m really proud of North Carolina’s commitment to affordability because of its impact on student access and student success,” Hans says in the accompanying… READ MORE
Don Flow: The case for NC education investments
EDITOR’S NOTE: As state legislators returned to Raleigh recently for their 2021 session, Winston-Salem businessman Don Flow shared the following thoughts with legislative leaders. By Don Flow America is in the midst of enormous turmoil, with rural whites and urban blacks caught in the same undercurrent. Although they express their frustration and anger in different ways… READ MORE
December relief package to send UNC System $288 million
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 20, 2021) – UNC System schools should receive nearly $288 million from the coronavirus relief package Congress passed in December, the System’s federal liaison told members of the UNC Board of Governors Wednesday. That’s in addition to $180 million the UNC System received from the CARES Act last spring, for a total… READ MORE
Financial challenges at Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 15, 2021) – Between reduced state support over the past decade and additional spending due to the coronavirus pandemic, UNC-Chapel Hill faces substantial financial challenges. “We will have a financial shortfall due to the pandemic that we’re going to have to address. But we don’t yet know the full extent of it,”… READ MORE