Sustained funding brings solid results

The News & Observer
May 13, 2010
By Holden Thorp

A new round of significant cuts would have serious implications.  At Chapel Hill we would lose full-time faculty in positions supported by state funding. We would have fewer fixed-term faculty and graduate teaching assistants. With fewer faculty and more students, classes would grow in size. And it would take our students longer to graduate.... We understand that resources are limited this year, and the needs of North Carolina are great. In this economy, tough choices have to be made. But now is not the time to retreat dramatically from the competitive advantage that higher education brings to North Carolina.  Click here to read more.