NC College Connect expands direct admission to every graduating public school senior
More than 105,000 North Carolina public school seniors will receive at least one direct college admission offer under an expansion of NC College Connect.
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NC lawmakers override vetoes on immigration, DEI and education bills
North Carolina lawmakers moved Wednesday to override vetoes on bills involving immigration enforcement, DEI policies, public education, higher education and state agencies.
Bill would expand education support for families of service members
House Bill 1203, the Family Support for Those Who Serve Act, remains active in the N.C. House after being reported favorably as a committee substitute and re-referred to Appropriations.
Op-Ed: Higher ed reforms benefit our state’s economy
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many issues to the forefront, including the challenges the broader education system faces. School age kids from elementary through college navigated virtual learning, among other things. It demonstrated that education policy touches most every household in the United States and affects every sector of our state’s economy. As taxpayers, all North Carolinians have a vested interest in student outcomes.
OPINION: ‘Global Whiteness’ class embarrassing even for UNC
A leaked syllabus of a class called “Global Whiteness” at the University of North Carolina reads like a parody of today’s campus race obsession and radicalism. Campus Reform published a copy that includes topics like “White Trash,” “Enlightenment or Enwhitenment?” and “How is Trump racist?” Perhaps most laughable is the course appears to blame America and the West in the Pacific Theater during World War II instead of on Japan’s racist imperialism and aggression.
Voters would end racial preferences
The University of North Carolina systemically discriminates by race and ethnicity in student admissions and faculty hiring. Arguably such behavior is already forbidden by federal and state law. Now a group of state lawmakers has proposed an amendment to the state constitution that would eliminate all doubt on the matter.