Opinion
UNC System should not raise tuition
The University of Florida proves that academic excellence can be achieved at an affordable price. The University of Florida is consistently ranked among the top 10 public universities.
Opinion
Bring back merit: UNC System should weigh applicant test scores
By letting students withhold low test scores (students don’t withhold high scores), UNC is essentially ignoring a sign of poor performance.
Opinion
NC State players offer touching thank you to fans
For Terry and Lara Reed, along with countless other NC State fans, a final touching tribute from the ACC champion and Final Four men’s basketball team put the cherry on top of magical double Final Four weekend. For Lara, it was a trip with her two daughters to Cleveland to see NC State’s women take...
Opinion
Carolina is a high-cost university
The U.S. Department of Education has started taking applications from former university students hoping to force taxpayers to pay off their loans. President Joe Biden’s loan-transfer diktat is one of the worst policies of modern times: hugely expensive, patently illegal, and grossly unfair to the millions of borrowers who worked hard and sacrificed much to...
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New UNC board chairman Ramsey tackles finances, student fees, and campus leadership
In October 2019, Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey was unanimously elected chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors. He’s had an eventful few months at the helm. Ramsey, president of boat-building company Jarrett Bay Boatworks, was named to the board in 2017 and became vice chair in 2018. As the successor of...
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Purdue’s Daniels warns UNC audience higher ed faces potential obsolescence
American universities are in jeopardy of becoming no better than finishing schools reserved for the rich, Mitch Daniels told an audience at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Daniels, president of Purdue University, issued the dire warning during a speech Wednesday, Sept. 24, highlighting challenges facing higher education. Daniels, a former Indiana governor, was this...
Opinion
What can other universities learn from Purdue’s tuition freeze?
Tuition freezes are gaining popularity across the country. Earlier this year, university systems in Virginia and Pennsylvania announced tuition would not rise in the next academic year, saving students and parents millions. Purdue University started the tuition-freeze trend in 2013. Under the leadership of its president, Mitch Daniels, Purdue instituted a freeze on all tuition...
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Trade dance with China beginning to make farmers skittish
In the midst of a whirlwind trade war, U.S. and Chinese officials are talking once again. But that doesn’t mean the Trump administration is closer to striking a deal to immediately help North Carolina’s struggling farmers, experts say, and a new poll shows rural support for Trump is slipping. Days after China announced it would...
Opinion
Average pay isn’t the right focus
In reality, teacher pay is inherently differentiated — but in North Carolina, the practice until recently was to differentiate in ways that didn’t serve students well.
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Congressional Committee Asks Perdue to Produce BLS Records
RALEIGH — The letter from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce stated that Gov. Bev Perdue and the Employment Security Commission may have shared jobs data that was not authorized by a cooperative agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Seven Years, Six Scandals in the UNC System
RALEIGH — The selection of a new chancellor for N.C. State University, William Randolph Woodson of Purdue University, ends the latest chapter of financial misbehavior in the University of North Carolina system. But it would be a mistake to assume complacently that all troubles are over. Consider these six examples of high-level financial malfeasance discovered in the UNC system over the past seven years.
