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WCU joins App, UNC Asheville in delaying resumption of classes

Western Carolina University may have escaped damage from Hurricane Helene, but so many employees are coping with the storm’s fallout that the institution is waiting until at least Oct. 21 to resume classes. “In Cullowhee, we operate in a little bit of a bubble,” Provost Richard Starnes told campus trustees...

By Ray Gronberg

October 4, 2024

South Carolina’s school-voucher ruling

North Carolina Democrats from Gov. Roy Cooper on down are cheering a state Supreme Court ruling in neighboring South Carolina that invalidated part of that state’s school-voucher system. “Even the conservative South Carolina Supreme Court knows private school vouchers schemes are wrong,” Cooper tweeted on Wednesday shortly after the ruling...

By Ray Gronberg

September 13, 2024

DEI reports from UNC System campuses released

UNC System campuses say they eliminated 59 positions and “realigned” 131 others in response to orders from the Board of Governors to curtail their DEI programs. Their reports left it far from clear, however, how many actual terminations resulted. In a number of cases, it appears that the primary changes...

By Welcome

September 12, 2024

Poll results on school voucher program

With the House likely to vote for the conference report on Wednesday, House Bill 10 and its expanded funding for private-school subsidies will soon be heading to the governor’s desk. A veto by Gov. Roy Cooper subsequent override votes in the House and Senate are likely, albeit perhaps not ahead...

By Ray Gronberg

September 11, 2024

UNC’s wish list

The UNC System's Board of Governors is meeting this week and among other things is scheduled to ratify its fiscal 2023-24 budget request to the General Assembly.

By Ray Gronberg

February 20, 2023

HBCUs could get boost from new legislative caucus

A bipartisan group of legislators packed into the General Assembly press conference room Wednesday morning to voice their support for the state’s 10 historically Black colleges and universities.

By Ray Gronberg

February 10, 2023

Truitt wants more control over training center

Legislation to mandate a specific vendor for educational software climbed aboard a broader “education omnibus” bill Tuesday. House Bill 26 is the first piece of legislation to pass a committee vote in this year’s long session.

By Ray Gronberg

February 1, 2023

BOG blasts teacher training programs on reading

The UNC Board of Governors strongly criticized the universities’ teacher preparation programs over their failure to adhere to mandates that they train teachers in the “science of reading” approach.

By Ray Gronberg

January 20, 2023

New UNC policy could limit topics in job interviews

Last month, an advocacy group with ties to N.C. Senate Republicans took aim at an N.C. State microbiology professor job posting that required applicants to submit their “plans for implementing antiracism and equity-based practice.”

By Ray Gronberg

January 20, 2023

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