Monday, March 16, 2020

Budget passage needed to address critical needs at Western Carolina University - BILL ROPER and KELLI R. BROWN, Citizen-Times

You often hear that North Carolina’s public universities are the “crown jewel” of the state. While this is indeed true, the deadlock in Raleigh over funding for a new budget continues to hamstring our state’s public institutions. Some of the most urgent needs can be found at Western Carolina University, where the lack of funding is beginning to negatively affect students and faculty.
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/opinion/2020/03/09/nc-budget-impasse-leaves-critical-needs-wcu-universities-opinion/4967484002/