UNC system President Tom Ross has weighed into the gun debate. Ross wants a provision in House Bill 937, that allows concealed carry permit holder to have a weapon in a locked vehicles on a college campus. to be removed. This should come as no surprise to anyone. Ross, as head of the liberal Z Smith Reynolds Foundation, [...]
UNC students and parents: Hang on to your wallets
UNC President Tom Ross has told campus administrators he is considering allowing campuses to charge a one-time tuition adjustment to catch up to “peer universities” (See article). Currently UNC Institutions cap tuition increases at 6.5 percent a year. However it looks like that cap may be lifted. UNC officials are considering higher tuition rates to [...]
UNC has bigger challenges than rising tuition
Students are being asked to shoulder a larger and larger share of educational costs at UNC institutions, that’s the theme of a weekend article in the N&O. Advocates for low tuition and expanded access are seeking law makers’ ears. I wonder if tuition and expanding access should really be the focus. Only 35 percent of [...]
A closer look at UNC finances
Has the economy put North Carolina’s largest public colleges and universities on shaky financial footing? Not so, says a recent article in Triangle Business Journal (subscription required). The article reviewed recent state audits of North Carolina State University, East Carolina University and UNC-Chapel Hill. It found: Despite lean times in Raleigh, state contributions to all three [...]
UNC-CH: looking for a good reason to spend your money
You have probably heard about the 49 year-old woman who fell out of her daughter’s bunk bed in a UNC Chapel Hill dorm room last August. News reports said the woman hit her head on the floor and later died. According to UNC officials. the accident prompted about 500 students to request bed rails. (See: news article) Now an [...]
