RALEIGH (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 column this week, John Hood of the John Locke Foundation contends that North Carolinians don’t receive an adequate return on what he calls… READ MORE
Our hopes for 2023
RALEIGH (January 4, 2022) – With the elections and the holidays behind us, Higher Ed Works has some hopes for the new year. North Carolina is not investing in public education to keep pace with its No. 1 business climate1 ranking. The state ranks 49th for the percentage of its gross domestic product it devotes… READ MORE
NC partisan balance hangs by a one-vote thread
RALEIGH (November 10, 2022) – In the aftermath of Tuesday’s elections, partisan balance in North Carolina hangs by a one-vote thread. Republicans won the 3/5 supermajority they need in the NC Senate – 30 of 50 seats – to override vetoes by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. They also won both seats on the NC Supreme… READ MORE
A loss in Hispanic representation
RALEIGH (November 10, 2022) – A particular disappointment in election results Tuesday was Rep. Ricky Hurtado’s loss of his state House seat in Alamance County. The 2020 census revealed that Hispanics now account for nearly 11% of North Carolina’s population.1 If Hispanic/Latino residents enjoyed proportional representation in the General Assembly, they would occupy 17 or… READ MORE
Numbers to bear in mind as you vote
RALEIGH (November 3, 2022) – As you vote in the coming days, we encourage you to back candidates – particularly candidates for the state legislature – who support public education from preschool to grad school. Before you go to the polls, here are some numbers to bear in mind: 4,400 – The number of vacant… READ MORE
Financial Times: NC excels in workforce, talent
By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (October 26, 2022) – The Financial Times released its first-ever ranking this month of the top cities in America for attracting foreign investment. Charlotte and Raleigh finished among the top 10, scoring alongside perennial favorites like Boston, New York, and Miami in the competition for global capital. Greensboro rounded out… READ MORE
Leandro: Time to pony up
RALEIGH (September 8, 2022) – Lawyers butted heads before the NC Supreme Court last week over whether the court can order $785 million in spending to meet the state’s constitutional promise to North Carolina students.1 After 28 years of lawyers arguing, it’s long past time for the state to pony up. Beyond the dollars, the… READ MORE
What will it take?
RALEIGH (September 8, 2022) – High-stakes arguments are underway – as they have been for 28 years – in the Leandro case about funding for basic education in our state. What is it about the NC General Assembly that compels our legislators to ignore the educational needs of our most valuable assets: Our children? Our… READ MORE
Baccalaureate blues
By Buck Goldstein and Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (September 1, 2022) –Toward the end of the 2020 book Deaths of Despair, about the startling decline in life expectancy that began in the United States even before the Covid pandemic, Princeton economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case identified a troubling chasm in American society. “The sharp… READ MORE
Will the NC Chamber walk the walk?
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (August 11, 2022) – There were lots of nice words at the NC Chamber’s annual Education and the Workforce Conference last week – lots of great ideas shared. Which made it that much more difficult to square with the Chamber’s actions the week before. First, though, some of those ideas: Durham Tech… READ MORE
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