Higher Education | 2012 Archive

A legislative analysis of taxpayer spending on public college campuses shows UNC taking a modest hit during the recession. Community colleges were hammered.

More students taught in home settings are achieving successful results in higher education.

RALEIGH — Sixty-five percent of 2011 high-school graduates entering a community college in the fall of 2011 took a remedial course in English, math, or reading, an increase from 64 percent of incoming high school graduates enrolling in community college the previous school year.

Over the next eight years, 69 percent of all job vacancies will be for positions that do not require a college education.

Among state university systems, North Carolina ranked a disappointing 42nd in return on investment.