Like other students across the country, students at North Carolina’s public universities have seen state support reduced and tuition increase since the Great Recession. Yet because of North Carolina’s tradition of generous state support, state funds here remain almost $2,000 more per student than the average across the nation – and tuition at our public… READ MORE
A continuing retreat
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s public universities are obliged to cut $62.8 million this year. That’s what lawmakers required in the state budget signed into law this month.1 It’s not a devastating amount. Chancellors will work to limit the damage for students, researchers, and programs that directly impact regional economies. But it’s yet another decision to… READ MORE
2016 General Assembly took a pass
RALEIGH – With the 2016 session of the General Assembly now over, it’s clear legislators largely took a pass on urgent issues facing higher education in North Carolina: Fixing HB2 and providing a meaningful raise for university and community college faculty: Faculty raises. The folks who teach our children at the university level have seen… READ MORE
Faculty raises welcome, but won’t stem poaching
RALEIGH (June 29, 2016) – The $22.3 billion budget for 2016-17 that state legislators are moving to approve this week offers stable funding for state universities and community colleges, but it fails yet again to make investments in faculty sufficient to keep our campuses competitive. The budget cuts income taxes by $145 million by raising… READ MORE
Government by auto-pilot
North Carolina’s Senate is considering a drastic step to restrict state revenue: A proposed constitutional amendment would cap the state income-tax rate at 5.5%, sharply limiting the state’s ability to support services in a downturn or natural disaster. Higher education would likely bear the brunt of that policy. Much of state spending is mandated by… READ MORE
Gergen: “Let’s not go back”
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – As an advisor to four presidents – Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton – David Gergen has seen his share of controversy. And as a native North Carolinian, he sees HB2 as a controversy that continues to damage his home state and its stellar universities. The Higher Education Works Foundation followed up with… READ MORE
Reward teachers at every level
The $22.2 billion budget proposal adopted last week by the NC Senate offers generous raises to public school teachers that average 6.5%.1 The move is part of an effort to raise average teacher salaries to $54,000 over two years, and K-12 teachers – many of them graduates of our state’s public universities – deserve those… READ MORE
Tuition Cap: Legislators must replace lost revenue
RALEIGH – A bill backed by state Senate leaders that would cap tuition at five North Carolina universities at $1,000 a year deserves praise for attempting to limit costs for students and their families. But unless legislators commit to provide incremental revenue to replace lost tuition dollars at the five universities, they could cripple the… READ MORE
2% Faculty Raises: Thanks, but not enough
RALEIGH – The budget proposal adopted last week by the state House includes raises of 2% plus a $500 bonus for state employees, and raises for K-12 teachers that average 4.1%.1 A raise for University faculty is long overdue and welcome – they’ve had just one raise from the General Assembly in seven years. But… READ MORE
“Enough is enough,” Gergen declares at Elon commencement
ELON (May 21, 2016) – Elon University’s Commencement speaker, David Gergen, departed from the tradition of showering graduates with praise and advice to discuss his concerns about the future of North Carolina, his home state. Gergen is senior political analyst for CNN and co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School…. READ MORE
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