CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – As an advisor to four presidents – Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton – David Gergen has seen his share of controversy. And as a native North Carolinian, he sees HB2 as a controversy that continues to damage his home state and its stellar universities. The Higher Education Works Foundation followed up with… READ MORE
Don’t limit access in the land of opportunity
Graduation rates for North Carolina’s public universities must improve. There’s almost total consensus on that point, especially with tuition rising steadily in recent years. Though North Carolina’s public universities have an overall graduation rate nearly 10 percentage points above the national average, there’s wide variance between schools. That’s led to calls from pundits and policymakers… READ MORE
Teacher and student
PINEHURST – Ed Spitler started out as a community college student. And through five degrees and 19 years teaching civil engineering technology and surveying, that’s where his heart remains. Spitler, a Sandhills Community College alumnus, began teaching at Sandhills in 1997 after he earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology at UNC Charlotte. He… READ MORE
Reward teachers at every level
The $22.2 billion budget proposal adopted last week by the NC Senate offers generous raises to public school teachers that average 6.5%.1 The move is part of an effort to raise average teacher salaries to $54,000 over two years, and K-12 teachers – many of them graduates of our state’s public universities – deserve those… READ MORE
Not your typical math teacher
DURHAM – For 12 years, Philip Rash has helped some of the state’s most promising high schoolers tackle some of the world’s toughest math challenges. As a teacher at the NC School of Science and Mathematics, he has taught everything from precalculus to combinatorics (the study of countable discrete structures). Along the way, Rash has… READ MORE
An effort to elevate NC’s higher-ed discussion
CHAPEL HILL – A new thrust for North Carolina’s public universities aims to elevate discussion among state policymakers from day-to-day operations to strategic, long-range initiatives. Andrew Kelly, a respected higher education scholar with the American Enterprise Institute, will head a new policy and research division for the University system. With a bachelor’s degree in history… READ MORE
Tuition Cap: Legislators must replace lost revenue
RALEIGH – A bill backed by state Senate leaders that would cap tuition at five North Carolina universities at $1,000 a year deserves praise for attempting to limit costs for students and their families. But unless legislators commit to provide incremental revenue to replace lost tuition dollars at the five universities, they could cripple the… READ MORE
Making serious work fun at ECU
GREENVILLE – It takes special talent to make therapy for spinal cord injuries seem fun. But Dr. Richard Williams has that talent. Williams, an Associate Professor of Recreation Therapy at East Carolina University since 2000, works on therapy for patients with injuries and disabilities, ethics in recreation therapy and the therapist’s role in public policy…. READ MORE
2% Faculty Raises: Thanks, but not enough
RALEIGH – The budget proposal adopted last week by the state House includes raises of 2% plus a $500 bonus for state employees, and raises for K-12 teachers that average 4.1%.1 A raise for University faculty is long overdue and welcome – they’ve had just one raise from the General Assembly in seven years. But… READ MORE
“Enough is enough,” Gergen declares at Elon commencement
ELON (May 21, 2016) – Elon University’s Commencement speaker, David Gergen, departed from the tradition of showering graduates with praise and advice to discuss his concerns about the future of North Carolina, his home state. Gergen is senior political analyst for CNN and co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School…. READ MORE
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