Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president for outreach, asseses recent salary increases awarded to chancellors in the University of North Carolina system. Gray offered these comments during the Nov. 4, 2015, edition of Time Warner Cable News’ “Capital Tonight.”
Job needs propel college reforms
I’ve long been bullish on North Carolina’s community colleges. In the past, I’ve praised the system’s cost-effectiveness, its capacity to serve nontraditional students, and the impressive labor-market returns for associate degrees and certificates in such fields as industrial technology, home repair, computer sciences, and health care. Today, I’ll offer you three pieces of good news...