WINSTON-SALEM (October 29, 2025) – They’re called community colleges for a reason – because they meet the needs of the communities they serve in oh-so-many ways. “Sometimes people do not understand the magnitude of all of the programs and all of the things we do at Forsyth Tech,” Dr. Janet Spriggs, President of Forsyth Technical… READ MORE
Community-college salaries: ‘A workforce-development, social-mobility issue’
WINSTON-SALEM (October 29, 2025) – Forsyth Tech President Dr. Janet Spriggs eases into it. She first thanks the NC General Assembly in the accompanying video for providing enrollment growth funds for community colleges – Forsyth Tech’s enrollment was up 13% this fall alone. Yet North Carolina is a state that loves its community colleges –… READ MORE
Goldstein: Tenure keeps universities afloat and makes them great
By Buck Goldstein The need to explain academic tenure, often characterized as lifelong employment, never seems to go away. But recently, as American higher education comes under unprecedented attack, friends and colleagues repeatedly ask me to explain why tenure is a cost-efficient mechanism for recruiting, compensating and retaining the university’s most important asset. For a… READ MORE
Arizona public-school advocates: A voucher warning to NC
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works PHOENIX, AZ (October 23, 2025) – Arizona public education advocates say their state is grappling with the fallout from a voucher program without income limits – it’s caused multiple public-school closures and depleted funds for essential public services. In 2022, Arizona passed a universal voucher program – anyone could… READ MORE
Padilla: The beat goes on
By Art Padilla WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH (October 23, 2025) – The mess at Carolina’s new School for Civic Life and Leadership goes on. And on. The creation of the new school is an experiment that has proven to be a bad idea. Not least among the school’s problems are its vague and unrealistic goals. This is… READ MORE
Legislators: Do your job
RALEIGH (October 15, 2025) – State legislators are due back in Raleigh Monday. And more than three months into the state’s budget year, they have yet to fulfill one of the fundamental duties we elect them to do: Adopt a state budget. Adoption of a budget is one of their primary jobs. Yet Senate President… READ MORE
Why don’t we invest in our children?
RALEIGH (October 15, 2025) – Public Ed Works recently published the “Lessons Learned Series.” It is a series of stories exploring how legislative decisions — both active and passive — over the years have shaped the current challenges facing public education in North Carolina. You can view the series here. You can also download a… READ MORE
Higher ed faces many pressures; NC schools will feel impact
By Tom Campbell RALEIGH (October 8, 2025) – Folks in higher education must feel like General Custer at Little Big Horn: fired at from almost every angle. Higher education hasn’t faced this many pressures in our lifetimes. Nowhere is that stress greater than from the federal government. Colleges and universities have bullseyes pasted on them… READ MORE
Why is enrollment booming across UNC System schools?
By Kate Denning Carolina Public Press DURHAM (October 1, 2025) – The University of North Carolina System reported record enrollment numbers overall. Year-over-year increases occurred at 15 of its 16 higher education institutions for the 2025-26 year. For the system as a whole, enrollment jumped 3.4% from the previous year. This includes significant growth at… READ MORE
Foundations of American Democracy: ‘What we should aspire to’
RALEIGH (October 1, 2025) – In an era where meddlesome legislators and governing boards try to dictate what professors should teach, 11 history professors at UNC-Chapel Hill took a mandate from the UNC System Board of Governors and made lemonade. After state legislators attempted to require every student to take a course in America’s foundational… READ MORE
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