Two UNC Charlotte professors have published a study that suggests K-12 school vouchers aren’t as heavily used in the places where they’re likely the most politically popular. Writing in the Journal of School Choice, professors Samatha Schuerman and Jason Giersch say they found “a significant negative association” in usage here in North Carolina. Namely, that […]
I’m laying down a marker here, but bear with me: On a percentage basis, the UNC System’s flagship schools take fewer transfers from North Carolina’s private universities than do their counterparts in the system. In the fall of 2024, NC State and UNC Chapel Hill enrolled 54 and 31 transfer students who’d arrived from one […]
While Elon and Queens are merging, the UNC System’s institutions are poised to expand their academic offerings. Four new programs are on the docket for Board of Governors review this week, highlighted by UNC Charlotte’s proposal to set up new bachelor’s and master’s degrees in artificial intelligence. UNCC also wants to establish a bachelor’s in […]
UNC Charlotte will get a $7.2 million gift to help pay for the work of the university’s Center for Precision Metrology, officials reported to campus trustees this week. The pledge comes from Graham Siddall, a native of Great Britain who’s considered a leading figure in the science of measurement, a field vital to advanced manufacturing that requires […]
Context is everything, and we have to look at whether ECU’s practices stand out amongst the system’s 16 universities. Compared with co-flagships UNC Chapel Hill and NC State, it does. Chapel Hill for the fall 2024 cohort offered admission to 15.3% of the 65,334 recent high school grads who put in an application. NC State […]
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 were to job titles, descriptions […]
