Again, proving myself to be forever ahead of the Greensboro curve even if it does piss everyone off when I say it.
From WRAL
"Raleigh, N.C. — Lawmakers are considering the possibility of eliminating one or two campuses in the University of North Carolina system, a top Senate budget-writer said Thursday.
Gov. Pat McCrory called for a $135 million cut in funding for the UNC system in the 2013-14 budget proposal he rolled out on Wednesday.
As lawmakers began reviewing the spending plan Thursday, Sen. Pete Brunstetter, R-Forsyth, co-chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he and his colleagues are more concerned about how money for higher education is spent than the actual size of the appropriation.
Lawmakers want to trim duplicative programs across UNC campuses, which Brunstetter said could reduce the overall system's footprint.
"I think our members definitely envision that there could be some consolidation between campuses, and we might need to go from 16 down to 15, 14, something like that," he said..."
Via Aggie Research
In case you're having trouble getting your heads around it. A Downtown Greensboro university joint campus won't be possible without State funding and with the State closing entire universities it is going to be very hard to justify additional spending for Downtown Greensboro. Maybe we could redirect that money planned for the GPAC?
Yes, the article refers to trimming duplicative programs and consolidation between campuses but they are talking about closing entire campuses, not adding new campuses. I'm not saying I like it but it is the way the State is currently being run and it's not apt to change for at least 4 years, maybe longer. Get used to it.
Maybe the Greensboro Partnership can talk Harvard or Yale into moving to Downtown Greensboro? Or the rest of Elon University? How big of an incentive package would it take to move an entire university? Wake Forest moved once. And almost destroyed the Town of Wake Forest in doing so. Will that become the new economic development?
From WRAL
"Raleigh, N.C. — Lawmakers are considering the possibility of eliminating one or two campuses in the University of North Carolina system, a top Senate budget-writer said Thursday.
Gov. Pat McCrory called for a $135 million cut in funding for the UNC system in the 2013-14 budget proposal he rolled out on Wednesday.
As lawmakers began reviewing the spending plan Thursday, Sen. Pete Brunstetter, R-Forsyth, co-chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he and his colleagues are more concerned about how money for higher education is spent than the actual size of the appropriation.
Lawmakers want to trim duplicative programs across UNC campuses, which Brunstetter said could reduce the overall system's footprint.
"I think our members definitely envision that there could be some consolidation between campuses, and we might need to go from 16 down to 15, 14, something like that," he said..."
Via Aggie Research
In case you're having trouble getting your heads around it. A Downtown Greensboro university joint campus won't be possible without State funding and with the State closing entire universities it is going to be very hard to justify additional spending for Downtown Greensboro. Maybe we could redirect that money planned for the GPAC?
Yes, the article refers to trimming duplicative programs and consolidation between campuses but they are talking about closing entire campuses, not adding new campuses. I'm not saying I like it but it is the way the State is currently being run and it's not apt to change for at least 4 years, maybe longer. Get used to it.
Maybe the Greensboro Partnership can talk Harvard or Yale into moving to Downtown Greensboro? Or the rest of Elon University? How big of an incentive package would it take to move an entire university? Wake Forest moved once. And almost destroyed the Town of Wake Forest in doing so. Will that become the new economic development?
