FAYETTEVILLE (February 1, 2023) – We’ve been hearing it for several years: Birth rates declined during the Great Recession, so we are approaching a demographic cliff and a decline in traditional college-age students. The response, both by the UNC System and elsewhere, has been to focus on adult learners and make it easier for them… READ MORE
FSU: ‘Be practical’ for adult learners
FAYETTEVILLE (January 25, 2023) – When you have kids and a job, just getting to school can be a challenge. And Fayetteville State University is taking steps to meet that challenge. Some 46% of Fayetteville State’s students are adult learners 25 and older. “We have to be very practical and understanding that many of our… READ MORE
Too narrow a view
RALEIGH (January 25, 2022) – Some folks measure the value of higher education solely by how much its graduates make. Most of us know there’s a lot more to it. In a column this week, John Hood of the John Locke Foundation contends that North Carolinians don’t receive an adequate return on what he calls… READ MORE
Getting serious about early literacy
RALEIGH (January 19, 2023) – For several years, state leaders have talked about improving early literacy in North Carolina through the data-based Science of Reading. But a consultant’s report to the UNC Board of Governors this week found that nine UNC System colleges of education still aren’t doing enough to teach prospective teachers how to… READ MORE
Nursing instructor shortage: Pay them.
RALEIGH (November 19, 2023) – Only through “robust resource allocation” – a polite way to say money – can North Carolina produce 50% more nursing graduates by 2028 or 2029, according to state leaders in nursing education. If the coronavirus pandemic didn’t underscore the importance of nurses – people who cared for the dreadfully sick,… READ MORE
$500 tuition: ‘A success on multiple fronts’
RALEIGH (January 11, 2023) – As the NC General Assembly returns today for its 2023 session, state legislators deserve credit for one good thing they’ve done for the state’s public universities: NC Promise. The program offers in-state tuition of $500 a semester for in-state students and $2,500 a semester for out-of-state students. It started at… READ MORE
Our hopes for 2023
RALEIGH (January 4, 2022) – With the elections and the holidays behind us, Higher Ed Works has some hopes for the new year. North Carolina is not investing in public education to keep pace with its No. 1 business climate1 ranking. The state ranks 49th for the percentage of its gross domestic product it devotes… READ MORE
2022: An anxious year
RALEIGH (December 29, 2022) – 2022 has been an anxious year for North Carolina. As the nation stumbled out of a pandemic, inflation spiked, interest rates rose, shortages in the state’s teaching workforce grew larger and battles over budgets – both in the legislature and in court – grew more sharply partisan. And leadership in… READ MORE
Happy Holidays from Higher Ed Works!
RALEIGH (December 21, 2022) – Our team at Higher Ed Works wishes you the warmest of holiday seasons and appreciation for all those around us, including those we don’t always pause to thank. And we wish you hope for the future. We in turn hope that in the coming year, we will all – our… READ MORE
Cooper: University boards should reflect NC
RALEIGH (December 15, 2022) – Governing boards of North Carolina’s public universities should reflect the state’s diversity of race, geography, gender and political thought, Gov. Roy Cooper told a commission yesterday that he appointed to study governance of the UNC System. “We have a university leadership that doesn’t come close to reflecting that – and… READ MORE
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