- The good and bad of the 2017-19 state budgetRALEIGH (June 28, 2017) â Today the NC General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooperâs veto of the 2017-19 state budget that legislators approved last week. To be sure, there are things ...Read more
- NC budget: Positive short-term, threatening long-termRALEIGH (June 22, 2017) â At first glance, the budget compromise unveiled this week by legislative leaders seems encouraging. It would grant K-12 public school teachers an average raise of 3.3% ...Read more
- State budget proposals: Still not enoughRALEIGH (June 7, 2017) â When it comes to higher education in North Carolina, budget proposals adopted in recent weeks by the NC Senate and NC House both have their ...Read more
- Spellings: âMake higher education our higher expectationâCHAPEL HILL â It seems so simple â yet not everyone seems to get it. âA better educated state benefits us all,â begins Higher Expectations, the University of North Carolina Systemâs ...Read more
- Educate for jobs or life? Spellings: âBoth of those things.âCHAPEL HILL â Anyone whoâs taken the SAT knows that sometimes the answer is âall of the above.â And thatâs how University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings responds in the ...Read more
- NCâs disinvestment: More tuition, more debt, fewer teachersRALEIGH â Continuing our look at North Carolinaâs disinvestment in public education, a shortfall in state support has meant higher tuition and more debt for university students and fewer ...Read more
- A long-term slide in NC education spendingRALEIGH â Since the mid-2000s, North Carolina has seen a general decline in expenditures per student in our K-12 public schools, community colleges and public universities. Likewise â despite a modest ...Read more
- Spellings: âThe commitment is absolutely palpableâCHAPEL HILL â A year into her job as President of the University of North Carolina System, what strikes Margaret Spellings the most is the fundamental devotion of university faculty ...Read more
- Return of the Teaching Fellows?RALEIGH (March 9, 2017) â Legislative and education leaders proposed a partial restoration today of the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program that would offer forgivable loans to college students who agree ...Read more
- Duke President: âWe need ⌠a great public university systemâDURHAM â Duke likes UNC? Yes, Duke University President Richard Brodhead says in the accompanying video.  It might not be evident from sports rivalries, but Duke supports and enjoys a collegial ...Read more