Overall, Governor McCrory’s budget proposal aims to steer North Carolina’s higher education institutions toward more solid financial ground while encouraging university officials to be better stewards of taxpayer dollars.
It is heartwarming to see state officials do the jobs they were elected to do. Too often they have shied away from their obligations to ensure that the university system adheres to appropriate standards of scholarship.
Teacher quality was the central theme of an education summit held by the UNC system’s Board of Governors at the SAS Campus in Cary, North Carolina, on January 27.
Imagine that a UNC Center for Western Civilization (which, of course, does not exist) were to co-sponsor a conference with the Heritage Foundation.
A new report from the Center for American Progress alleges that the “Great Recession” that began in 2008 devastated public university investments nationwide. Specifically, it says that over a five-year period, tuition has skyrocketed, states have withdrawn public investment, and low-income families have been pushed out of higher education.
What’s to be done about “low-productivity” degree programs?
Five reforms the UNC board should implement this school year
Could UNC professors teach more?
North Carolina’s latest higher education budget has some good features, but could be better.
Post-tenure review: a rubber stamp, a way to enhance accountability, or none of the above?
