{"id":48488,"date":"2023-01-30T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/higher-ed-advocate-conservative-commentators-call-for-radical-unc-system-overhaul-is-off-base\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T10:59:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:59:32","slug":"higher-ed-advocate-conservative-commentators-call-for-radical-unc-system-overhaul-is-off-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/higher-ed-advocate-conservative-commentators-call-for-radical-unc-system-overhaul-is-off-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher ed advocate: Conservative commentator&#8217;s call for radical UNC System overhaul is off-base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"cc-post-republisher-modal\"><button id=\"cc-post-republisher-modal-button-close\">\u00d7<\/button><\/p>\n<p><strong>REPUBLISHING TERMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may republish this article online or in print under our Creative Commons license. You may not edit or shorten the text, you must attribute the article to The Pulse and you must include the author\u2019s name in your republication.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please email <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#f98e968b9d898b9c8a8ab9979a899695909a808e988d9a91d79a9694\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"b6c1d9c4d2c6c4d3c5c5f6d8d5c6d9dadfd5cfc1d7c2d5de98d5d9db\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"cc-post-republisher-license\">\n<h3>License<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/s39337.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/cc-post-republisher\/assets\/img\/cc-by.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License Attribution\"\/>Creative Commons Attribution<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Higher ed advocate: Conservative commentator\u2019s call for radical UNC System overhaul is off-base<textarea id=\"cc-post-republisher-content-textarea\" onfocus=\"this.select();\" readonly=\"readonly\">&lt;img class=&#8221;alignleft size-full wp-image-132803&#8243; src=&#8221;http:\/\/pulse.ncpolicywatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UNC-system-NEW-Logo-yellow.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221; width=&#8221;434&#8243; height=&#8221;265&#8243; \/&gt;Some folks measure the value of higher education solely by how much its graduates make.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nMost of us know there\u2019s a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;lot&lt;\/u&gt;&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/strong&gt; more to it.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nIn &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.carolinajournal.com\/opinion\/lets-really-reform-state-universities\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;a column last week&lt;\/a&gt;, John Hood of the John Locke Foundation contends that North Carolinians don\u2019t receive an adequate return on what he calls a \u201crelatively large\u201d investment in the University of North Carolina System.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nIn a classic example of viewing education as a private rather than public good, Hood cites a Texas-based outfit that measures return on investment only by comparing the earnings of graduates. By &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/freopp.org\/ranking-the-50-state-public-university-systems-on-prices-outcomes-3d807df8121d&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;its measure&lt;\/a&gt;, the University of South Dakota ranks best in the country in lifetime returns.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nGo Coyotes!&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHe also cites &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.jamesgmartin.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Student-Loan-Debt-and-Earnings-at-North-Carolina-Universities.pdf&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;a report from the James G. Martin Center&lt;\/a&gt; that recommends phasing out programs in law, pharmacy, dentistry and social work at UNC-Chapel Hill and law at NC Central University, as well as fine-arts degrees and language, psychology and liberal-arts degrees at other campuses.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nRegarding such programs, even Hood acknowledges \u201cmost of the students who enter them know very well their chosen careers are unlikely to be lucrative. They have chosen those careers because they value other forms of compensation more \u2014 personal fulfillment, a calling to help others, or a desire to live and work in a particular kind of community.\u201d&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHe &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.carolinajournal.com\/opinion\/lets-really-reform-state-universities\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;goes on to suggest&lt;\/a&gt; they can be reduced to two- or three-year degrees, without explaining how.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHood conveniently omits &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.ncleg.gov\/EnactedLegislation\/Constitution\/NCConstitution.html&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;the state constitution\u2019s mandate&lt;\/a&gt; to provide North Carolinians with a college education for \u201cas far as practicable \u2026 free of expense.\u201d&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAnd to contend that the state doesn\u2019t see substantial return on investment from its investment in the UNC System is simply absurd.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAs UNC-Chapel Hill Provost Chris Clemens \u2013 an acknowledged conservative himself \u2013 laid out in a &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/nsjonline.com\/article\/2022\/11\/clemens-the-economic-case-for-the-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill\/&#8221;&gt;November column&lt;\/a&gt;, the state gets &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;more&lt;\/u&gt;&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/strong&gt; than its money\u2019s worth for the $540 million a year it invests in UNC-Chapel Hill.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cThe first thing our faculty and staff do is multiply the money by raising $1.16 billion more dollars in externally-funded research, an amount that places UNC in the top 10 federally-funded research universities in the US, higher than Harvard, MIT, or UCLA. Research at UNC develops new cancer therapies, supports highway safety, helps understand the effect of storm surges on the nation\u2019s coastlines, and even discovers new exoplanets. Research money employs about 9,500 people in 90 counties of North Carolina, and generates $90 million in purchases from 6,500 businesses in 95 of our counties,\u201d &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/nsjonline.com\/article\/2022\/11\/clemens-the-economic-case-for-the-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;Clemens wrote&lt;\/a&gt;.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nNot to mention that UNC grad Kizzmekia Corbett &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/profile\/kizzmekia-s-corbett\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;helped develop the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19&lt;\/a&gt;.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThat\u2019s not a bad return on investment \u2013 or service to mankind.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe university collects over $400 million in tuition from 30,000 students \u2013 some portion comes from outside the state, while the rest keeps North Carolina students at home \u201cwhile providing the #1 best bargain in higher education for the student from North Carolina,\u201d Clemens wrote.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThose students come from 98 North Carolina counties, 40% of them from rural areas.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cEighteen percent of these students will be the first in their families to graduate from college. They will become the physicians, lawyers, artists, historians, business executives, government leaders, engineers, and teachers of tomorrow. They will emerge with a great education, a diploma from one of the top five ranked public universities, and well-prepared to be the workforce of the future that will attract new industries to North Carolina,\u201d &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/nsjonline.com\/article\/2022\/11\/clemens-the-economic-case-for-the-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;Clemens wrote&lt;\/a&gt;.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAs Winston-Salem businessman &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.higheredworks.org\/2021\/02\/don-flow-the-case-for-nc-education-investments\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;Don Flow&lt;\/a&gt; puts it, \u201cThe UNC System is the most important institution for creating economic wealth in North Carolina.\u201d The UNC System &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.northcarolina.edu\/impact\/stats-data-reports\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;granted more than 62,000 degrees last year&lt;\/a&gt; to graduates who will help fuel North Carolina\u2019s booming economy.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nInventions from UNC-Chapel Hill have led to formation of at least 274 NC companies, Clemens wrote.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cThese companies employ over 9,000 North Carolina citizens and generate $14 billion in annual revenue in our state. Together with UNC\u2019s affiliated enterprise, UNC Health, itself a $4B enterprise, these companies and our campus research operations represent 2.9% of the state\u2019s gross domestic product. The estimated tax revenue from this slice of our economy is more than the $540 million in appropriations allocated to us\u2026&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cEven though it sounds like a deal that is too good to be true, the public employees of the first and most public university in the US deliver on this promise year after year. It\u2019s an investment the people of North Carolina can make with confidence,\u201d &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/nsjonline.com\/article\/2022\/11\/clemens-the-economic-case-for-the-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;Clemens concluded&lt;\/a&gt;.&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;\/sup&gt;&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThe UNC System can always improve, of course. But please, don\u2019t try to say there\u2019s not enough ROI on the state\u2019s investment.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;img class=&#8221;alignleft wp-image-120477&#8243; src=&#8221;http:\/\/pulse.ncpolicywatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DavidRice-150&#215;150.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221; width=&#8221;138&#8243; height=&#8221;138&#8243; \/&gt;David Rice is the executive director of the group Higher Ed Works, which &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.higheredworks.org\/2023\/01\/too-narrow-a-view\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;&gt;first published&lt;\/a&gt; this commentary.&lt;\/em&gt;<\/textarea><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiiQFodHRwczovL3B1bHNlLm5jcG9saWN5d2F0Y2gub3JnLzIwMjMvMDEvMzAvaGlnaGVyLWVkLWFkdm9jYXRlLWNvbnNlcnZhdGl2ZS1jb21tZW50YXRvcnMtY2FsbC1mb3ItcmFkaWNhbC11bmMtc3lzdGVtLW92ZXJoYXVsLWlzLW9mZi1iYXNlL9IBAA?oc=5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00d7 REPUBLISHING TERMS You may republish this article online or in print under our Creative Commons license. 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