NC’s economic success depends on better workforce alignment
Too many young people graduate from institutions of higher education with credentials that don’t match those needed in the industries that are growing and hiring the fastest.
The task now is to make it even more resilient for the voters, communities, and public servants who will rely on it for decades to come.
Federal officials are examining whether Brody School of Medicine admissions practices unlawfully favored applicants based on race.
A new Martin Center brief argues North Carolina's colleges are producing too few graduates in the fields employers need most and calls on lawmakers to tie public college funding to employment outcomes.
The new budget fully funds Medicaid as the program claims a larger share of state spending and draws new scrutiny from lawmakers.
New NC budget raises sports-betting taxes, redirects revenue to public universities, and creates a new tax on prediction markets.
A UNC System spokesperson told CJ that they currently do not have any guidelines or best-practices on which journals professors should publish their research in and that those matters “are generally handled at the institutional, departmental or faculty level.”
The Math Pathways paper acknowledges the CARES Act funding source but does not include a conflict-of-interest statement or an author-contributions section.
Lawmakers unveiled a $34B state budget with raises, tax cuts, Helene recovery, Medicaid oversight, and final votes expected this week.
DEI is still entrenched in too many other areas of society, from companies, to private schools, to nonprofits, to entertainment.
NC House overrides Stein vetoes on immigration and DEI, after Democratic absences lower the threshold, while concealed-carry bill remains unresolved.
Gov. Josh Stein signed two bills into law Friday, including one that would delay the use of new property tax values in counties that conducted 2026 reappraisals.