North Carolina must be dedicated to strong university system - Editorial: Star News

UNCW is again one of the top 20 regional universities in the South, according to the much-watched U.S. News & World Reports rankings. North Carolina also has several nationally ranked schools in the magazine's annual survey, including the flagship of the state system, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We need to educate as many young people as possible, and we cannot afford to turn away our brightest whose families aren't in the top 10 percent. Many admissions advisers will tell students and their parents not to look at the price tag but, for many families, that is what has had to happen. As prices go up, the financial aid pool is spread thin. Many families also are on the bubble – they earn too much money to qualify for most need-based aid and too little to afford the cost outright. http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20140914/ARTICLES/140919827/1108?Title=Editorial-North-Carolina-must-be-dedicated-to-strong-university-system