RALEIGH (June 12, 2023) – A bipartisan commission appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper made recommendations this week to increase representation on the University of North Carolina System’s governing boards. Cooper told reporters the UNC System has distinguished North Carolina and made a difference for its people – but its governing boards need more diversity of… READ MORE
Teachers: You can grow your own
DENVER, NC – North Carolina has a severe teacher shortage – the state started the school year more than 5,000 teachers short.1 But some places have learned you can grow your own. In a webinar hosted by Higher Ed Works on May 16, Rachel Frye, the Southwest NC Teacher of the Year at East Lincoln… READ MORE
NC teacher pay: ‘Simply not competitive’
CLICK HERE to view the full webinar on Fair Pay for NC K-12 Teachers RALEIGH (June 8, 2023) – When she won a North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarship to become a teacher in 1998, Rachel Frye felt valued by the state of North Carolina. But after 21 years in teaching, Frye says in webinar on… READ MORE
Defending Carolina’s priceless gem, Part III
Affirming Academic Freedom at the Nation’s First Public University EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the third installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. By Lloyd Kramer Some academic colleagues and some… READ MORE
Lawmakers show what they mean by school choice
RALEIGH (June 1, 2023) – State legislators are moving to dramatically expand vouchers to attend private schools this year, lifting income limits on who qualifies and raising state spending on vouchers to more than half a billion dollars a year by 2032-33.1 Make no mistake – budgets are about choices. And state legislators are choosing… READ MORE
HISTORIC: Brinkleys, Lanes commit $30M to ECU scholarships
GREENVILLE (May 17, 2023) – Two couples who turned educations at East Carolina University into successful careers have together committed $30 million to ECU’s premier merit scholarships, marking the largest combined commitment in the university’s history. The scholarship program formerly known as EC Scholars will now be known as Brinkley-Lane Scholars, said ECU Chancellor Philip… READ MORE
BOG centralizes control of chancellor searches
RALEIGH (June 1, 2023) – The UNC Board of Governors adopted a new policy on searches for campus chancellors last week that gets rid of one bad policy the Board adopted three years ago. But the new policy seems part of an ongoing move to concentrate control of UNC campuses with the UNC System Office… READ MORE
Defending Carolina’s priceless gem, Part II
The History and Future of Academic Freedom at UNC EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the second installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. By Lloyd Kramer Over most of UNC’s history… READ MORE
NC Senate envisions UNC-ECU health network
RALEIGH (May 25, 2023) – There’s a big idea afoot in the NC Senate’s version of the state budget that would create an integrated network of UNC and ECU physicians, rural health clinics across the state and a half-billion-dollar new UNC Children’s Hospital. In conjunction with the expansion of Medicaid to bring federal dollars to… READ MORE
UNC cancer researcher Earp receives O. Max Gardner Award
RALEIGH (May 25, 2023) – At least 1 in 3 of us will experience cancer at some point in our lives. And a man who’s dedicated his life to fighting that scourge for millions of patients was recognized for it today. The UNC Board of Governors awarded Dr. H. Shelton “Shelley” Earp, longtime director of… READ MORE
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