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This week, Carolina Journal’s Kari Travis reported on the ongoing search for a UNC system president. Travis explains: UNC has paved a rocky road when it comes to hiring —…
Since nonpartisan staff at the General Assembly presented a five-year projection of spending and taxes, editorials and comments from state legislators make it clear that long-term estimates of spending and…
Interesting McClatchy write-up on congressional efforts to block tighter regulations on for-profit colleges—an issue that’s been in the news lately with the demise of ITT Tech. And what do you…
Former UNC Board of Governors Chairman John Fennebresque was arrested Thursday morning at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport for attempting to carry a gun through security checkpoints, according to a report from…
Big Greensboro News & Record front pager on high-powered developer and UNC Board of Governors member William “Marty” Kotis: Big and bold. All or nothing. That’s Kotis’ style. The president and chief executive…
Yea I crack on the N&R quite a bit, but they’re doing a pretty good job covering the chaos surrounding the impending selection of a new UNC system president who…
Jenna A. Robinson submits the following: Over the past year, the UNC Board of Governors has taken heat on a number of topics, most notably the decision to seek a…
University of North Carolina employee salaries “are beyond the pale.” Jesse Saffron and Jenna Robinson of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy reach that conclusion in a newly released…
UNC system president Thomas Ross is leaving office in January 2016. The system’s Board of Governors (BOG) is now searching for his replacement. In May and June, the BOG sought…
2015 has been a turbulent year for the University of North Carolina system’s Board of Governors (BOG). Its decision in February to discontinue three campus centers and institutes (one of…
A new bit of disinformation from the Higher Education Works Foundation features outgoing UNC system president Thomas W. Ross. Ross has read a Bloomberg article, he says, that claims, in his…
Wall Street Journal readers recently had a chance to review a critique of North Carolina tax incentives from John Locke Foundation Director of Communications Mitch Kokai. The Brookings Institution’s Mark…