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January 15, 2021

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ROBINSON: Racial quotas by another name

December 29, 2020 Jenna Robinson, James G. Martin Center

On Dec. 4, the UNC System Racial Equity Task Force adopted a series of recommendations to address issues of race across the system’s 16 campuses. The task force was created “to address inequities in the […]

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Campbell Law School, William Peace University partner to create accelerated dual degree

October 28, 2020 Emily Roberson

RALEIGH – Campbell Law School and William Peace University have partnered to create an accelerated dual degree option for students seeking to earn undergraduate and juris doctor degrees. The institutions have joined to create a “3+3” […]

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ROBINSON: The COVID crisis is helping break the back of inflation in higher education

October 7, 2020 Jenna Robinson, James G. Martin Center

In a year plagued by disease, riots and massive government overreach, there might be one silver lining. The consumer price index for college tuition and fees fell .7% in August from the prior month. That’s […]

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Under pressure, Harvard says it will reject US relief aid

April 23, 2020 Collin Binkley, Associated Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University announced Wednesday it will turn down $8.7 million in federal coronavirus relief, a day after President Donald Trump excoriated the wealthy Ivy League school over taxpayer money it stood to […]

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Higher Education institutions see $14 billion from CARES Act

April 20, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Colleges and Universities in North Carolina will be receiving portions of federal funding for COVID-19 relief under the federal CARES Act. The CARES Act is the $2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by […]

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Higher Education officials ask for funding and legislative fixes to battle COVID-19

April 9, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The bipartisan Education Working Group for the House Select Committee on COVID-19 met recently with higher education officials to ascertain their current and future needs. The committee heard from Dr. Bill Roper, interim […]

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ROBINSON: Student debt: Universities reap the rewards but students shoulder the risk

April 7, 2020 Jenna Robinson, James G. Martin Center

In a recent column for the North State Journal, I explained that student debt is a real problem — not just a campaign slogan to attract millennial and Gen Z voters. It hampers workers and […]

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ROBINSON: Yes, student debt is a real problem

March 31, 2020 Jenna Robinson, James G. Martin Center

Until recently, it was hard to feel much sympathy for borrowers who couldn’t pay back their student loans. Presidential candidates clamoring for total loan forgiveness and headlines featuring young people who took on six-figure debt […]

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Private versus Public colleges: What’s the ROI?

December 25, 2019 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — College tuition is steep and getting steeper, leaving students and their parents questioning where and how they spend their money and what schools have the best return on investment. A new study produced […]

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WILLIAMS: Fraud in higher education 

December 4, 2019 Walter Williams

This year’s education scandal saw parents shelling out megabucks to gain college admittance for their children. Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people with participating in a scheme to get their children into colleges […]

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