By Eric Johnson North Carolina is entering a strange economic moment. Less than a year after the sharpest recession in modern history, the state is poised for a booming recovery. After peaking at 13.5% in May of last year, state unemployment now stands at 5.2%. But that’s not the whole story. There are two ways… READ MORE
Legislators on the UNC Board of Governors?
RALEIGH (April 9, 2021) – A proposal that surfaced last week to name state legislators to the UNC Board of Governors would further politicize a board that’s already overly politicized. It’s not a good idea. HB455 would allow each house of the NC General Assembly to appoint two of its own members to the Board… 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
King Prather: We are all ancestors of ourselves
By N. King Prather My insides have been in knots since I heard Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, on Jan. 6, say that today is the day “we kick ass and take names.” His audience included a significant number of hate groups, and not long after, these groups assaulted the U.S. Capitol. I have roots… 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
Basnight helped North Carolinians for generations to come
By David RiceExecutive DirectorHigher Ed Works Marc Basnight was not formally educated. But Marc Basnight was a learned man. Basnight, the former NC Senate president pro tempore who died Monday (Dec. 28) after a long battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), regretted his entire life that he didn’t go to college. But Basnight was a… READ MORE
2020: Coping with COVID
Yes, it was a year like no other. More than anything, 2020 was a year of change and continuous adjustment. COPING WITH COVID Higher education in North Carolina adapted in so many ways: A treatment for COVID-19 was developed. 50,000 classes shifted online in two weeks. A professor shipped virtual-reality headsets to students. 700 laptops… READ MORE
Can they work for the good of the state?
RALEIGH (Nov. 6, 2020) – The more things change – even after millions in campaign spending – the more they stay the same: Democrat Roy Cooper will remain governor, and Republicans will keep their majorities in the NC House and Senate for the next two years. That means Republicans will control the drawing of new… READ MORE
A little more patience
Running a college or university is one tough job. Picture all the constituencies to satisfy: Students. Faculty. Staff. Alumni. Parents. Coaches. Donors. Trustees. The UNC Board of Governors. Legislators. It’s a juggling act even on a normal day – whatever ‘normal’ means these days. Now add a global pandemic involving a highly contagious virus for… READ MORE
NC higher ed must adjust
RALEIGH (Sept. 24, 2020) – Adjust – in oh so many ways. That’s what North Carolina higher education must do as it fights through the coronavirus pandemic and shifting demands and attitudes toward higher education, according to speakers in a virtual ReCONNECT to Move Forward meeting hosted by NC State University’s Institute for Emerging Issues…. READ MORE
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