- North Carolina joins the DEI InquisitionRALEIGH (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 ...Read more
- Senate BOG appointments: More of the sameRALEIGH (March 16, 2023) – And to further diversify the UNC Board of Governors, the NC Senate offers (drum roll, please): Two more white male Republican former legislators. A state Senate ...Read more
- UNC System keeps tuition constant for 7th yearRALEIGH (February 23, 2023) – Public officials seldom attract attention when they don’t change something for seven years. But in an era when the public complains about the cost of higher ...Read more
- A leader in principalRALEIGH (February 23, 2023) – Being a school principal has been called the toughest job in America. But Bonnie Fusarelli is there to help. Fusarelli, a professor and faculty scholar in ...Read more
- Too narrow a viewRALEIGH (January 25, 2022) – Some folks measure the value of higher education solely by how much its graduates make. Most of us know there’s a lot more to it. In a ...Read more
- Getting serious about early literacyRALEIGH (January 19, 2023) – For several years, state leaders have talked about improving early literacy in North Carolina through the data-based Science of Reading. But a consultant’s report to the ...Read more
- Nursing instructor shortage: Pay them.RALEIGH (November 19, 2023) – Only through “robust resource allocation” – a polite way to say money – can North Carolina produce 50% more nursing graduates by 2028 or 2029, ...Read more
- $500 tuition: ‘A success on multiple fronts’RALEIGH (January 11, 2023) – As the NC General Assembly returns today for its 2023 session, state legislators deserve credit for one good thing they’ve done for the state’s public ...Read more
- Ross & Spellings: Organize UNC System for successRALEIGH (December 1, 2022) – Two former Presidents of the UNC System who will lead a commission to assess the System’s governing structure say the panel will examine models across ...Read more
- Governor names UNC Governance Commission membersRALEIGH (November 23, 2022) – After years of turnover in leadership and political interference in the UNC System, Gov. Roy Cooper named members of his Commission on the Governance of ...Read more