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The University of North Carolina is proposing to charge lower tuition to out-of-state students who live close to the state border. The UNC Board of Governors will consider the proposal, which is called "border tuition," at its January meeting.
Published: Friday, January 2nd, 2015 @ 8:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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As 2015 approaches, we offer our hopes for higher education reform. Some changes will require action by university stakeholders, and others will require a "hands off" approach. Here's hoping that the new year brings improvement upon the status quo.
Published: Thursday, January 1st, 2015 @ 10:31 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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On the whole, U.S. colleges and universities don't get everything right. They're overpriced, operationally hidebound, and ideologically stagnant. But American higher education does some things very well-well enough that students from around the world still choose to come to the United States to...
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 8:43 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Recounts are underway in fourteen contests across North Carolina after the deadline to request a recount closed Tuesday evening.
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 12:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Election may order a recount in a State Supreme Court contest between Cheri Beasley and Mike Robinson.
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 5:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When legislators and officials at the University of North Carolina consider costs, they prefer to focus on minor operational functions — such as heating bills. But that merely nibbles around the edges.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State budget writers looking for ways to save taxpayers’ dollars should continue to examine the University of North Carolina system.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the academic year begins, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, now with a new chairman, John Fennebresque, must make some choices.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 5:57 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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This week's bad bill would subject half a million North Carolinians to an already overcrowded Medicaid system and strain its already skyrocketing and bloated budget. Senate Bill 730, sponsored by Sens. Ben Clark (D-Cumberland) and Gladys Robinson (D-Guilford), would expand the eligibility...
Published: Saturday, June 7th, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Sen. Gladys Robinson is facing her stiffest election test to date in the May 6 Democratic primary for District 28 as she squares off against former Guilford County Commissioner Skip Alston.
Published: Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Central University's College of Behavioral and Social Sciences held its second annual "Great Debate" last week in front of a packed audience of students, professors, and administrators. "HBCUs: Can They Survive?" was the topic of this year's debate, which featured student teams...
Published: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 @ 8:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Last fall when the American Heart Association issued new guidelines to help doctors teach their patients about their risks of developing cardiovascular disease – accompanied by a bulky computer spreadsheet calculator – one ECU physician thought he had a better idea.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Going to college can be an expensive proposition. Tuition has been rising steadily in North Carolina and in other states. Many students receive aid in the form of a federal Pell Grant, but the Pell Grant Program faces problems and needs serious reform. Dr. Jenna Ashley Robinson, director of...
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Delores Robinson Satchell, 70, of 34 Parker Lane, Aurora, died Sunday, March 9, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 5:48 am
By: Announcements
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Public universities are facing a new economic reality, as states decide to reduce funding and expect a lot more fiscal accountability. Now, in response, schools are cutting costs, raising tuition, and sometimes both. Jenna Ashley Robinson, outreach coordinator for the Pope Center for Higher...
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2013 @ 12:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To understand and evaluate a university's effectiveness requires a lot of information. But rarely is that information brought together in one place.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2013 @ 5:03 am
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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State Sen. Gladys Robinson is posing a question that has been popular among charter school advocates for years.
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On October 13, Linda Harper and the Citizens for Constitutional Liberties (Wayne County Tea Party) hosted a forum in Goldsboro to allow candidates for state offices to present their ideas for improving the state of North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 11:52 am
By: Marvin Sparks
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Ms. Rena Everton Topping Robinson, 77, a resident of 9096 N.C. Highway 99 North, Pantego, died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2012 @ 10:50 am
By: Announcements
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Catherine Robinson, 51, a resident of 114 Brittany Place, Washington, died Thursday, March 29, 2012.
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2012 @ 4:06 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Catherine Robinson, 51, a resident of 114 Brittany Place, Washington, and formerly of Alexandria, Va., died Thursday, March 29, 2012.
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2012 @ 11:08 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Cora Robinson, of 407 E. Third St., Apt. 30, Washington, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at her home.
Published: Sunday, January 1st, 2012 @ 2:40 am
By: Announcements
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Each piece in the exhibit is a visualization of the song of a specific bird—Hermit Thrush, Mourning Warbler, Robin, Winged Blackbird, Bluebird, Cerulean Warbler, Carolina Wren and Carolina Chickadee.
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 @ 8:32 pm
By: BCN
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