The endowment supporting Harvard University lost $2.3 billion in the last fiscal year, the school’s investment arm revealed this week.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 1:59 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania added majors last month relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), as well as environmental, social, and governance factors for business (ESGB).
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2022 @ 2:02 pm
By: Daily Wire
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New York University organic chemistry professor Maitland Jones was fired after students petitioned the school with claims that his class was too difficult.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 1:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina is among the top five states in the nation on metrics such as tax rates, size of state government, and income transfer programs, according to a new report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 10:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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BOT welcomes new chancellor
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 10:07 am
By: ECU News Services
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On January 27, North Carolina reported administering 99% of its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2021 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina ranks 11th in the Fraser Institute’s latest national economic freedom rankings.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 10:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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ECU remains a leader in latest national rankings
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 7:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Steve Ellis has been named cornerbacks coach at East Carolina University according to an announcement from head football coach Mike Houston.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 9:01 am
By: ECU Sports
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The East Carolina baseball team earned its highest preseason ranking after being tabbed No. 20 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) the organization announced Monday.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:17 am
By: ECU Sports
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The East Carolina baseball team picked up its fourth preseason national ranking of the 2020 campaign after being tabbed No. 25 by Baseball America the publication announced Monday.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 7:12 pm
By: ECU Sports
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Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center, operated by the NC Department of Health and Human Services, was named the best nursing home in North Carolina by a new, national ranking recently compiled by Newsweek.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 @ 12:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Free speech is gaining ground across the University of North Carolina System, but a few schools have miles to go, a new report shows.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As they prepare for the start of the new school year, educators from across the state participated in a roundtable discussion with Governor Roy Cooper in Raleigh today.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 @ 2:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Jeff Palumbo, who has served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on the East Carolina University baseball staff since 2014, has been promoted to associate head coach according to an announcement by Pirates' Head Coach Cliff Godwin on Monday.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2019 @ 7:38 pm
By: ECU Sports
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Peer pressure has been the reason, or at least the rationalization, for many a youthful indiscretion - not that I would know from personal experience
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 @ 3:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republicans have enjoyed majorities in both bodies of the General Assembly for nearly seven years now, and pretty soon Phil Berger and Tim Moore will be asking for two more
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 10:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The average pay received by public school teachers in North Carolina this year was $49,837, up four percent from the 2015-16 school year
Published: Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 @ 6:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This past Sunday, editors at the News & Observer ran Tell the truth on NC school funding. Not surprisingly, the N&O gives their side of school funding.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 3:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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After Republicans won their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010, and particularly after they won the U.S. Senate in 2014, the nation's capital became a place of active inaction
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Following his efforts to make college more affordable, Governor Pat McCrory has applauded the inclusion of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East Carolina University in a new national rankings list for best value
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 2:57 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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East Carolina University has been named a 2017 Top 100 Best Value College in a new listing by Educate to Career.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 8:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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You've probably heard that North Carolina ranks near the bottom of the country in the average pay received by our public schoolteachers
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2016 @ 2:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ever since Republicans gained majorities in the North Carolina General Assembly in 2010 and won the governor's office in 2012, Democrats and Progressives have lamented the decline of higher education and especially the University of North Carolina System. Critics of North Carolina Republicans...
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2015 @ 11:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina jumped to fourth place among all states in Site Selection magazine's 2014 Governor's Cup, a closely-watched ranking of economic development success. North Carolina moved up three spots as compared to last year's ranking. The Governor's Cup...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 8:14 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The North Carolina Chamber announced yesterday their endorsement supporting my re-election bid to the North Carolina State Senate for District 1.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Kay Hagan's campaign and its trolls are all over social media trumpeting a report published in the Greensboro News & Record that says North Carolina "ranks as worst state for teachers."
Published: Friday, October 3rd, 2014 @ 1:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It’s the journey, not the destination, that matters most — or so we have been assured by deep thinkers ranging from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Steven Tyler.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 1:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate passed a ($21.16 billion) bipartisan budget last week on Friday and Saturday.
Published: Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 @ 9:08 am
By: Bill Cook
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) attended a press conference on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, that announced a proposal to allocate an average of 11.2 percent permanent pay raise for North Carolina public school teachers.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 9:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Headlines in recent months have attracted attention to technical problems associated with HealthCare.gov, the primary website associated with the federal Affordable Care Act. While some technical issues remain to be resolved, Hadley Heath, senior policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum...
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If state leaders want to improve North Carolina's education system in the future, they will have to begin with a better understanding of the history of school reform in our state.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 2:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a previous column, I noted that the Left's crusade against conservative ideas and politicians in North Carolina faces an implacable foe: the time-space continuum. Leftist predictions that reducing North Carolina's sales tax in 2011 would result in weaker economic growth have proven in...
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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