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Too narrow a view

January 25, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 3 Comments

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

Filed Under: 2023, Economic Impact, Our Opinion, UNC System

Getting serious about early literacy

January 19, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (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 UNC Board of Governors this week found that nine UNC System colleges of education still aren’t doing enough to teach prospective teachers how to… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, teachers, UNC System

Nursing instructor shortage: Pay them.

January 19, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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, according to state leaders in nursing education. If the coronavirus pandemic didn’t underscore the importance of nurses – people who cared for the dreadfully sick,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, NC Community Colleges, Nursing, UNC System

$500 tuition: ‘A success on multiple fronts’

January 11, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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 universities: NC Promise. The program offers in-state tuition of $500 a semester for in-state students and $2,500 a semester for out-of-state students. It started at… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Access & Affordability, Fayetteville State University, UNC System

Ross & Spellings: Organize UNC System for success

December 1, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (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 the country and try to better define the roles of board members. “It’s a good time to stop, look and listen to how things are… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Governance, UNC System

Governor names UNC Governance Commission members

November 23, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (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 Public Universities in North Carolina today. “It’s clear that leaders across our state, and across the political spectrum, care deeply about our remarkable university system… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Governance, UNC System

Enrollment down across UNC System

November 17, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENVILLE (November 17, 2022) – For the first time in nine years, the UNC System saw enrollment decline this fall, according to a new report. Because public universities currently receive state funds based largely on their enrollment, that could mean financial reductions for some. But the UNC Board of Governors is working to soften the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC System

UNC System: Disinvesting in public universities

October 13, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (October 13, 2022) – North Carolina has an ambitious goal to have 2 million people ages 25-44 with a college degree or credential by 2030. Then why do we continue to disinvest in our public universities? The state spent $2,900 less per student in the University of North Carolina System in 2020-21 than it… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, myFutureNC, UNC System, Underfunded, Where We Stand

Hans: No UNC System tuition increase in 2023-24

September 22, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (September 22, 2022) – Despite inflationary pressures and chancellors’ desire for a tuition increase, the UNC System will hold tuition for in-state undergraduates steady for a seventh straight year in 2023-24, President Peter Hans said this week. “Tuition is the single most important signal we send,” Hans told a committee of the UNC… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC System

Keeping the best and brightest home

July 21, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (July 20, 2022) – An investment in some of North Carolina’s brightest high-school graduates – free tuition – is already paying off at UNC System schools. The NC School of Science and Mathematics in Durham – which now has a western campus in Morganton as well1 – is considered one of the top… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, UNC System

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