Tag Archives: North Carolina

Retired profs offer to teach for free

News & Observer: Retired profs offer aid

CHAPEL HILL — In February, an association of retired UNC-Chapel Hill professors sought to help ease daunting budget cuts by offering to jump back into teaching, free of charge.

The response from the university, they say, has been underwhelming.

North Carolina Community Colleges to Resume Enrolling Illegal Immigrants

The Chronicle: North Carolina Community Colleges to Resume Enrolling Illegal Immigrants

Undocumented immigrants can begin enrolling again next year at North Carolina’s 58 community colleges after the State Board of Community Colleges today reversed a ban on illegal immigrants on those campuses.

North Carolina: Greensboro College cuts jobs, wages

News 14: Greensboro College cuts jobs, wages

GREENSBORO – Economic stresses have forced another Triad college to make some hard financial choices. Greensboro College administrators said they were forced to make some budget cuts.

Word of cuts spread quickly around campus.

Enrolling Illegal Immigrants Pays Off for North Carolina’s Community Colleges, Expert Says

The Chronicle News Blog: Enrolling Illegal Immigrants Pays Off for North Carolina’s Community Colleges, Expert Says

Each community college in North Carolina would have to spend $8,600 per year to identify illegal immigrants among their applicants, a consultant has told the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges.

Meanwhile, the state makes $1,650 on every student who pays out-of-state tuition at the colleges, including most illegal immigrants.