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Legislators on the UNC Board of Governors?

April 9, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 4 Comments

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

Filed Under: 2021, Governance, Our Opinion

Cooper’s proposed budget: Long-overdue investments

March 31, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

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

Filed Under: 2021, Expert Analysis, Focus on Quality, Our Opinion

King Prather: We are all ancestors of ourselves

February 5, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 13 Comments

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

Filed Under: 2021, Diversity, Our Opinion

Don Flow: The case for NC education investments

February 4, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 11 Comments

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

Filed Under: 2021, At Risk, Focus on Quality, Our Opinion

Basnight helped North Carolinians for generations to come

January 4, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

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

Filed Under: 2021, Leadership, Our Opinion

2020: Coping with COVID

December 30, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Diversity, Governance, Leadership, NC Community Colleges, Our Opinion

Can they work for the good of the state?

November 6, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: 2020, Our Opinion

A little more patience

October 15, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Our Opinion

NC higher ed must adjust

September 30, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Our Opinion

Don’t short-circuit chancellor searches

September 16, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

(Sept. 16, 2020) – The President of the UNC System should be able to recommend candidates for chancellor at the System’s 17 institutions. But the President should not be able to dictate finalists in those searches. Currently, campus boards of trustees name search committees to interview candidates for chancellor. The campus board then recommends at… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Governance, Leadership, Our Opinion, UNC System

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