Higher Education

In 1795, the great state of North Carolina opened the first public institution of higher learning.

In 2008, we may become the first state to take away access to post-secondary education from an entire class of people.

Yesterday, Attorney General Roy Cooper's office issued an advisory statement that says our state's community colleges and universities should close their doors to the children of undocumented immigrants.

The AG's statement is based on the same kind of moral reasoning that southern states used to withhold public education from blacks and women. It uses a tenuous interpretation of federal law to exercise a state's rights argument, knowing full well that this state will not give undocumented immigrants the right to an education.

If you're like me, you get pretty darned excited when you hear that the Art Pope Puppetshow is getting ready to release one of its new "reports." So hold on to your hats, buckaroos, because this one promises to be a doozie!

A new study comparing faculty compensation in the University of North Carolina system with peer institutions around the country will be released on Wednesday, May 9, at 11:00 a.m. at a press conference in the Legislative Press Room. The study is published by the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy and written by Jon Sanders, a policy analyst and research editor with the John Locke Foundation. Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-District 26) will host the press conference.

Whooooeeee, this is gonna be a good one, 'specially since it was written by none other than Jon Sanders, one of the Puppetshow's many experts on higher education. In fact, a quick Googly search shows that Jon Boy is actually an expert on just about everything!