Roberts on UNC physical plan: 'You're never done'
How do you know if you need a new classroom building if you don't know how well you are using existing classroom space? Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Higher Ed Works
Roberts: Grow UNC-CH to reflects NC's dynamic growth
While the state has grown rapidly, UNC-CH has not grown very much. Read More
Chain of command: Chancellor answers to UNC President
The UNC governance system is complex. University trustees have an advisory role. The chancellor reports to the system president. Read More
Give Roberts a chance
Roberts has behaved professionally as a member of the UNC Board of Governors and demonstrated he is plenty smart – more a technician than an ideologue. Read More
Little wonder why Guskiewiscz might leave
Republicans are clearly now a minority political party. Yet they are clearly in charge of public education in our state. Read More
Is NC spending enough on public education?
Once the tax cuts in the new state budget take full effect, they are projected to cost the state $13 billion a year, which is roughly equivalent to the state’s K-12 education budget now. Read More
$500M in vouchers for private schools
Dramatically increased state support for private schools will divert public tax dollars that could otherwise help our public schools. Read More
Lemons to lemonade - The UNC School of Civic Life
The new school is a good–faith effort to embrace what began as a declaration of war with the faculty. Read More
The good and the bad of the new state budget
With a current teacher shortage of 3,500 the pay raises given are "simply not enough." Read More
You can't buy excellence, but you must pay for it
Given the financial predicaments confronting two of North Carolina’s most cherished assets, there are surely better ways to spend a billion tax dollars than on NCInnovation and moving the UNC System headquarters from Chapel Hill to downtown Raleigh. Read More
