UNC system faces disproportionate percentage of cuts - Elizabeth Johnson, The Daily Tar Heel

Public education officials in the UNC system, community colleges and K-12 schools are bracing for deep budget cuts. But exactly how deep they will be and who will bear the greater burden is still uncertain. A proposed budget calls for a 17.4 percent cut in state funding for UNC-system schools, an 8.8 percent cut for K-12 education and a 10 percent cut for community colleges.