Tighter budgets being felt in classrooms across UNC system

Wilmington StarNews
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Editorial
In just a couple of weeks students will be hitting the books in our state-funded universities as fall semester 2011 begins. They’ll be paying higher tuition, have less financial help available and most likely will squeeze into more crowded classrooms – that is, if they can get the classes they need at all.
Don’t tell us that cuts made by the Honorables over the past several years won’t hurt the accessibility, affordability and quality of higher education in this state....
We can get through short-term budget cutting, with a lot of pain and a little ingenuity. But our lawmakers and the public must commit to reinvesting in our state universities once the financial picture brightens a bit, or risk lasting and possibly irreparable damage.
If we allow our stellar university system to erode, we will be crippling ourselves and our state’s economic future. And that would be unforgivable.  Click here to read more.