Last month various state and national media outlets reported North Carolina State University (NCSU) approved a Ph.D. program concentration in "social justice education."
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2019 @ 11:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Elizabeth City State University interim Chancellor Karrie Dixon was named permanent chancellor Friday, Dec. 14, during a meeting of the University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2018 @ 1:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Major tuition cuts are paying off at three North Carolina universities
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, in recognition of Black History Month, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation to overturn an outdated, biased policy and provide 1890s Land-Grant Universities, including North Carolina A&T State University, with the same financial flexibility currently enjoyed
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2018 @ 8:17 am
By: Thom Tillis
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It was a homecoming for Raleigh native Jonathan Kappler in October when he became executive director of the North Carolina FreeEnterprise Foundation
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2017 @ 4:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2017 fall semester has seen the largest freshman class at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) in five years, and now the overall enrollment numbers have exceeded the admissions goal
Published: Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 @ 1:31 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Critics say N.C. State University's Clean Energy Technology Center is little more than a promotional ally of the solar industry, and the state should pull the plug on its funding
Published: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, by a vote of 114-1, the NC House passed House Bill 620. The bill provides a routine legislative blessing for annual UNC capital projects, which campuses fund with their own revenues or receipts and not General Fund appropriations
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 @ 2:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Economists on Wednesday said they expected North Carolina's economy to grow somewhat in 2017, but they cautioned against counting on a robust growth during the coming year
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina State University recently tossed out a rule that evangelical campus group Grace Christian Life said blocked its free-speech rights, a move that may set a precedent for statewide reform of controversial speech policies on University of North Carolina system campuses
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the midst of the creation of the new government to be installed on Jan. 20, 2017, Ohio State University police officials identified a young Islamic Somali man as Monday's attacker who - while originally labeled a shooter - used an automobile and a butcher knife to assault eight people.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 5:07 am
By: Jim Kouri
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All is not well on higher education's financial front. At many colleges, tuition prices have reached record highs, enrollment is stagnant, revenues have flattened or declined, budgets are constricted, and regulatory compliance costs are skyrocketing
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 12:45 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Freedom of speech has been under siege at many American colleges and universities
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 11:02 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Members of some North Carolina college marching bands, protesting what they consider police brutality, have abandoned kneeling while playing "The Star Spangled Banner" before football games and instead are wearing ribbons or armbands on their uniforms.
Published: Saturday, October 22nd, 2016 @ 9:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This is a new series of posts on Beaufort County Now which showcases various different political issue in video format. Each week, the series will post three to four political commentaries from independent video producers online. To see the previous addition of the series
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 @ 5:45 am
By: Sabe Wilis
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Governor Pat McCrory discussed his efforts to make college more affordable and the Connect NC bond during a visit with Chancellor Thomas Conway at Elizabeth City State University today
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2016 @ 4:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor McCrory Signs Legislation to Encourage Entrepreneurship and Innovation Through CrowdfundingGovernor Pat McCrory was joined by entrepreneurs, educators and elected officials today as he signed legislation to promote Crowdfunding in North Carolina at a local start-up on the Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University
Published: Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 @ 3:39 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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As part of a settlement with a Christian student group, officials with North Carolina State University have revised the school's solicitation policy so that it no longer unconstitutionally censors the free speech of students
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 @ 11:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Imagine a college student who has just formed a student group. In order to generate interest in this group, the student goes to the student union and passes out flyers for the inaugural meeting
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2016 @ 5:04 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Shortly after the Council of State approved the first $200 million issuance and sale for the Connect NC Bond, Appalachian State University was awarded a construction contract to build a new College of Health Sciences Building
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:28 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Several years ago, the La Voz de Aztlan, a radical left-wing supplement to Fresno State University's student newspaper, published a poem steeped in anti-American sentiment
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:50 am
By: John William Pope Center
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State Rep. Chris Millis, R-Pender, believes voters were misled into believing the $2 billion Connect NC bond referendum passed in March mainly will finance roads and bridges, and has introduced legislation to strip $490 million of bond funding from state universities and reallocate it for roads
Published: Friday, May 20th, 2016 @ 5:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With a nod to Bob Dylan, the words they are a-changin', and I find plenty of the changes disconcerting.
Published: Tuesday, April 12th, 2016 @ 5:52 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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If you're spending lots of time on internet marketing and social media, you may be missing the customers, benefits, connections and potential sales within your local community.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 @ 1:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Reinforcing Governor Pat McCrory's commitment to providing secure and effective services to citizens and state agencies in a rapidly changing digital landscape, the North Carolina Innovation Center (iCenter) hosted a proof of concept test on Monday for security software developed by students
Published: Thursday, March 31st, 2016 @ 1:31 am
By: Christopher Maye
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