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Chapel Hill, UNC and growth

UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts’ push to expand enrollment at his institution by 5,000 students begs a couple questions, the first being why now, and the second being why hasn’t it been growing all along. Though there’s undoubtedly some economic factors too, the why now is partly a function...

By Ray Gronberg

January 24, 2025

Roberts: UNC-CH to jumpstart enrollment growth

UNC Chapel Hill will jumpstart the process of enrollment growth by adding 500 students to the fall 2025 class, Chancellor Lee Roberts says. Speaking to a trustees committee, Roberts termed this “an important down payment” on what’s to come and added that he believes the university can accommodate the additional...

By Ray Gronberg

January 23, 2025

UNC-CH growth

If personnel is policy, UNC Chapel Hill leaders want to position their institution to finally start building things on the former airport property off Chapel Hill’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A job posting that was scheduled to close on Monday sought applicants for a new “executive director for real...

By Ray Gronberg

January 21, 2025

Sen. Burgin, unchained

Burgin’s comments at Thursday’s confab also touched on potential legislative issues. For starters, he told participants to expect legislators to introduce a bill in the upcoming long session that addresses the use of cell phones by students in K-12 schools. He said he’s heard from principals who report that over...

By Ray Gronberg

January 3, 2025

“Propel NC” funding

The N.C. Community College System will enter 2025 with some unfinished legislative business, namely the approval of the so-called “Propel NC” rework of its funding model. Though supported by the House and departing Gov. Roy Cooper, the proposal stalled amid 2024’s House-Senate short session budget impasse. Eventually, legislators agreed on...

By Ray Gronberg

December 31, 2024

Community colleges will need more investment to compete says Cooper

North Carolina’s community colleges are going to need more money if they’re to keep up with the demands the state’s economy is putting on them, outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper says. “They already see how the new paying jobs that are coming in will require all kinds of training that they’re...

By Ray Gronberg

December 30, 2024

N.C. Community Colleges’ Finish Line Grants

Gov. Roy Cooper’s end-of-tenure victory lap around North Carolina brought him to Durham on Tuesday, where he touted a couple of initiatives he and his aides launched in hopes of boosting community-college completion rates. Cooper focused mostly on the N.C. Community Colleges’ Finish Line Grants, small allocations of up to...

By Welcome

December 18, 2024

Wanted: the meaning of “surrounding”

North Carolina’s Supreme Court handed down a decision in a charter-school case last week that could have implications for how the majority handles other land-use disputes. Ruling for a company called Schooldev East, the court’s 5-2 Republican majority found that officials in Wake Forest overstepped back in 2020 when it...

By Welcome

December 18, 2024

Cooper touts “Finish Line” grants for community college students

Gov. Roy Cooper’s end-of-tenure victory lap around North Carolina brought him to Durham on Tuesday, where he touted a couple of initiatives he and his aides launched in hopes of boosting community-college completion rates. Cooper focused mostly on the N.C. Community Colleges’ Finish Line Grants, small allocations of up to...

By Ray Gronberg

December 18, 2024

White threatened on Facebook

This month’s assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has executives and some politicians on edge, and we have an example of that out of Wilmington. There, former New Hanover County Commissioner and former state Sen. Woody White was the target of an online threat that said he should be “ended...

By Welcome

December 17, 2024

DOT-funded center at A&T takes flight

The N.C. Department of Transportation is funding the launch of a new center at N.C. A&T State University to work on what the agency is calling “innovative aviation technologies.” DOT is providing $2 million to seed the project, which also will involve NC State and Elizabeth City State University. Officials...

By Ray Gronberg

December 16, 2024

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Well, it’s certainly an interesting time to be a Carolina Tar Heel. About all anyone could talk about on Tuesday was whether NFL coaching legend Bill Belichick — the owner of eight Super Bowl rings — would agree to become UNC Chapel Hill’s next head football coach. My sources on...

By Ray Gronberg

December 12, 2024

HBCU admissions: a mixed picture

Continuing our look at the admissions practices of UNC System campuses, consider the HBCUs and UNC Pembroke. System data indicates that only Pembroke and N.C. Central have the same sort of defacto open admissions as historically white campuses like East Carolina and Appalachian State. Pembroke offers a seat to 92.2%...

By Ray Gronberg

December 5, 2024

Sasser to NCInnovation

Outgoing Rep. Wayne Sasser, R-Stanly, will be joining the board of NCInnovation via an appointments bill legislators passed just before the Thanksgiving holiday. Sasser will become one of the House’s four appointees to the board. The Albemarle pharmacist, 74, replaces Beth Friedrich, a former aide to outgoing Speaker Tim Moore...

By Ray Gronberg

December 4, 2024

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