The North Carolina Senate released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, with the expectation of meeting with the state House to establish a conference budget before the current…
Choosing the right school for your child can feel like an overwhelming task. North Carolina has so many different options for children across the state. We hope this comprehensive list…
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center focuses on freshman orientation within the UNC System. North Carolina has a law that helps address students’ misconceptions about the First Amendment. In the…
The largest increase in Cooper's proposed state appropriations would be for employee salaries and benefits. Cooper's proposal does not provide price tags for Leandro or Medicaid expansion. Cooper would also…
Congress included the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund in the CARES Act, and North Carolina’s share was $95.6 million. Gov. Cooper just announced how he’s spending the money, and…
According to a Campus reform piece that appeared yesterday, that’s what a professor at the UNC School of the Arts said about an upcoming diversity workshop arranged by the school. The…
Jenna Robinson’s latest Martin Center column addresses a critical issue for the nation’s historically black colleges and universities. Earlier this month, the Triangle Business Journal revealed that graduates from North…
The 2015 House Bond proposal includes nearly $1 billion for the UNC system. That includes at least one project at each school, even tiny Elizabeth City State which is rapidly losing…
View in your browser. The dust is settling following approval of the budget by both chambers of the General Assembly last week. It now awaits the governor’s signature to be…
A recent letter in the New Bern Sun Journal cited an exclusive article from Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington while making a plea to two members of North Carolina’s…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on a new state audit that shows a UNC School of the Arts official gave her son a taxpayer-funded laptop computer, then acquired…
UNC School of the Arts chief information officer Lisa Smith “misused state property by giving her son a university laptop,” according to a state audit: The audit said that the…