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NC Promise: Not for the summer?

The hold-harmless funding legislators pledged to give UNC System campuses that agreed to participate in the N.C. Promise tuition-cap program is beginning to fall a bit short. System officials are preparing to allocate a combined $78.6 million to Elizabeth City State, Fayetteville State, UNC Pembroke and Western Carolina, money that’s...

By Ray Gronberg

October 14, 2024

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

Cooper announces picks for new UNC commission

Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday announced his appointments for his new Governor's Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in North Carolina – and it’s a bipartisan group.

By Ray Gronberg

November 28, 2022

UNC System enrollment drops prompt funding request

Facing steep enrollment declines, UNC System officials plan to ask lawmakers next year for additional funding help for three campuses where the drop in students has been particularly sharp.

By Ray Gronberg

November 21, 2022

House panel looks to change school calendars

One of the most active interim legislative committees this year has been the House Select Committee on An Education System for North Carolina's Future. It’s held hearings all over the state and heard presentations on a broad range of education issues.

By Ray Gronberg

November 16, 2022

Bell to join Cooper’s UNC commission

House Majority Leader John Bell has agreed to serve on Gov. Roy Cooper’s new commission exploring possible changes to UNC System governance.

By Ray Gronberg

November 4, 2022

‘Digital equity’ grants launch with budget funding

Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration outlined details of a new “digital equity” grant program on Tuesday. The initiative seeks applications from state agencies that want to use a share of $24 million in federal American Rescue Plan dollars.

By Ray Gronberg

September 28, 2022

UNC looks to new uses for its RTP property

The UNC Board of Governors voted last week to add 111 acres of prime real estate in Research Triangle Park to its “millennial campus” designation that paves the way for public-private partnership development.

By Ray Gronberg

September 27, 2022

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