Academic Freedom is the Foundation for Great Universities EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. By Lloyd Kramer Almost 700 faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill… READ MORE
Senate budget: Simply not enough
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – It’s simply not enough. The budget proposal released this week by the state Senate is simply not enough to improve public education in North Carolina. There’s an undeniable link between education and a skilled workforce. Yet state legislators don’t seem to get that. At a time when average teacher pay… READ MORE
Recognition – finally – for nursing instructors?
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – While the NC Senate’s proposed budget for 2023-25 has plenty of shortcomings, there’s at least one bright spot for nursing instructors in North Carolina. The Senate proposal includes pay increases of 5% over the next two years for most community college and state university employees, plus an additional 10% increase… READ MORE
Senate directs $1.4B to rural development
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – The NC Senate’s proposed budget for next year would direct more than $1.4 billion – nearly 5% of the state budget – to a nonprofit to convert public university research to economic development outside the Triangle. “We need to extend economic (vitality) into every corner of this state. To do… READ MORE
What price control of UNC? $400M
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – What price control of the UNC System? Apparently about $400 million. The cost of a new “Education Campus” to be built across Salisbury Street in Raleigh from the Legislative Building to house offices of the UNC System, NC Community College System, Department of Public Instruction and Department of Commerce has… READ MORE
Art Padilla: Failure to act. Part I
By Art Padilla This is what failure to act looks like. After two decades of excess, inanity, and myopia, universities are now living with the often-predicted consequences that should have been anticipated, both in their big-time sports programs and in the rest of the university. Part I: Big-time college sports Considering big-time college athletics first,… READ MORE
Art Padilla: Failure to act, Part II – The rest of the university
By Art Padilla The non-athletic elements of the universities are also seeing their locus of control moving away from their scholarly centers. Failure to act in the face of bureaucratic bloat, excessive administrative spending, and a persistent critique over unwise policies, has resulted in an erosion of support and trust. Bureaucratic bloat Two art history… READ MORE
UNC Governance: ‘Everybody wanted less politics’
RALEIGH (May 4, 2023) – Gov. Roy Cooper’s UNC Governance Commission began discussing its recommendations this week to make UNC governing boards more representative of the state, more ethical and less politicized. “I think everybody wanted less politics in the Board of Governors and the Boards of Trustees,” said Commission Member and former UNC Board… READ MORE
House adds a touch of variety to BOG
RALEIGH (May 3, 2023) – The NC House made its appointments to the UNC Board of Governors this week – and added a touch of ethnic and political variety in the process. The House reappointed four current members of the board – Dr. Pearl Burris-Floyd of Gaston County, C. Philip Byers of Rutherford County, Terry… READ MORE
Vouchers: The privatization of NC public schools
By Don Martin and David Rice RALEIGH (May 5, 2023) – News Item: Average teacher pay in North Carolina public schools ranks 34th in the nation this school year, up from 36th last year. And North Carolina ranks 46th in starting teacher pay.1 How’s that for North Carolina pride? Let’s hear it for 34th! And… READ MORE
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