Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Prison pandemic response: The House continuity of state operations working group heard March 31 about the challenges the…
Money topped the list of needs from North Carolina’s institutions of higher education in a meeting Thursday, April 2, of the House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education Working Group. The economy won’t recover if colleges and universities aren’t there to prepare a workforce, higher education leaders…
It does not minimize the staggering toll of what we are experiencing to point out that America in 2020 is in some key ways a better place than it was a generation or two ago.
Thousands of students at North Carolina’s public universities are about to get some of their money back as the state continues its fight against COVID-19. The University of North Carolina System will refund unused housing and dining payments for students forced off campus because of the…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated from its original version. College entrance exams are canceled or postponed nationwide due to the coronavirus outbreak. But North Carolina students who can’t retake tests to post a better SAT or ACT score on their fall…
Gov. Roy Cooper announced a slew of new restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19. He stopped short of issuing an order to shelter in place during a news conference Monday, March 23, though industry leaders worry one could be forthcoming. They hope he considers the…
Marty Kotis, a member of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors, for years has pushed for more online learning programs from UNC’s college campuses. He hasn’t gathered much support, but that may change now that the coronavirus pandemic is uprooting traditional higher education. …
The State Board of Community Colleges has issued new measures to increase flexibility for students and teachers as they adjust to the national COVID-19 outbreak. Community colleges are now allowed to apply tuition, registration fees, and other fees for spring 2020 courses to the…
Most of us can’t remember a time of such widespread disruption. The spread of coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the economy, on families, on how and where we work, on how we live and communicate. Our health care system is fragile and stretched. The roles…
Community college classes are canceled or moving online through the end of the month as COVID-19 spreads in North Carolina. N.C. Community College System president Peter Hans has advised colleges to make plans to keep classes online for at least eight weeks, or until the end…
