A Student Government Crisis at App State
Appalachian State University is mired in a student government crisis. Not only has the university violated UNC-System policy and North Carolina law, but administrators have cracked down on students who…
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Does the Governance Commission Care About UNC Governance?
Governor Cooper’s Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in North Carolina has been holding public forum meetings since February in an effort to spur conversation and ideas about the…
What N.C.’s “REACH” Act Gets Right
UNC students aren’t getting a solid foundation in civics. UNC-Chapel Hill, for example, does not require its students to take a course in American government. It does, however, require them…
Checking In on Project Kitty Hawk
In 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly appropriated $97 million for the launching of an ed-tech startup known as Project Kitty Hawk (PKH). This non-profit is designed to partner with…
How to Make Study-Abroad Programs Better
Studying abroad presents students with opportunities to earn course credit, gain exposure to different languages and cultures, and engage with students and faculty of different backgrounds. Improving the University of…
Why Can’t UNC-System Education Programs Fix Literacy Instruction?
Members of the UNC Board of Governors are not happy. A years-long effort to align teacher training with the best scientifically proven methods to teach reading has fallen flat on…
Gov. Cooper’s UNC “Commission” Shows Its Hand
At the end of last year, Governor Roy Cooper surprised North Carolina higher-education leaders with his creation of a Governor’s Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in North Carolina.…
At UNC, More Good News on Free Expression
With new policies and a new school, the UNC System, the UNC Board of Governors, and UNC-Chapel Hill are making history. UNC is the first state university system in the…
How the UNC System is Propping Up Enrollment
Nationwide, undergraduate college enrollment has been falling since 2010. The trend is being driven both by a shrinking pool of high-school graduates and those graduates choosing to attend universities at…
Can UNC-System Schools Afford to Show Taxpayers the Money?
Some North Carolina residents may not be aware of just how many of their tax dollars go to support the UNC System. Given the massive support provided by the state…