ECONOMIC DRIVER: Higher Ed pumps $63.5B into NC economy

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (Feb. 18, 2015) – Higher education pumps $63.5 billiona year and more than 1 million jobs into North Carolina’s economy, according to an independent economic group’s analysis released today. The study of the state’s public and private universities and community colleges found that the University of North Carolina system contributes almost $28 billion and more… READ MORE

Pay attention and speak up, or we will lose something we cannot soon replace

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Dr. Mitchell Simpson, Pastor, University Baptist Church An Open Letter from a Chapel Hill pastor to his congregation: If you’re not alarmed over the future of academic freedom at UNC, you’re not paying attention. If you’re not paying attention, you’re forfeiting the spiritual birthright earned at such high cost by our Baptist forebears. If those… READ MORE

McCrory budget: Economy’s up, but another cut for universities

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As Gov. Pat McCrory likes to point out, North Carolina is now the 9th most-populous state in the nation.  Our state is growing by 276 people a day.[1] North Carolina’s economy is also growing – our unemployment rate in December was below the national average at 5.5%.  State officials project “robust” economic growth this year.  And… READ MORE

ROSS: Higher ed cuts come at a price

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RALEIGH (March 10, 2015) – Tom Ross, President of the University of North Carolina system, issued a sharp warning today about declining support for public higher education in North Carolina and the nation. Repeated budget cuts to the state’s colleges and universities are part of a damaging trend, Ross told the Raleigh City Club’s first National… READ MORE

NC public universities offer 300 degrees, 2,000 courses online

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21,000 students pursue degrees entirely online North Carolina’s public universities have become major players in the world of online education. In the last academic year, almost 4 in 10 public University students in North Carolina took at least one online class, and nine percent were enrolled entirely online.  That’s nearly 21,000 students pursuing higher education… READ MORE