Cuts On The Way?

When I heard this story I was, for lack of a better word, pissed.

This was first reported by N.C. State's Technician student newspaper, followed by other local news outlets. A top Republican budget writer in the N.C. Senate says his colleagues will likely consider a measure that would cut funding for higher education (again), forcing the UNC System to consolidate its campuses.

What would that mean?

The system, which currently has 16 traditional campuses and the UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, could condense down to 14 campuses. That may not sound like much but it's a big deal if it meant causing further hardships on students and faculty.

According to Technician, McCrory's budget proposal, released earlier this week, would cut about $140 million from UNC System funding. Technician also pointed out that McCrory conveniently forgot to mention his cuts would affect public universities, community colleges and primary and secondary schools. 

To offset these cuts McCrory wants to raise out-of-state tuition by a whopping 12.3 percent. System president, Tom Ross, told Technician that these cuts would just add "insult to injury" after a $400 million cut two years ago.

As I said at the beginning, this has really pissed me off. 'Ol McCrory wants to cut everything in his sight but, at the same time, approved of giving his cabinet a raise just one week into his administration? When there are cuts to education the end result is always bad. This will most likely mean less class options and larger class sizes. Yep just what we need.

Technician said McCrory called these cuts "transformations" and would "help fulfill my promise to empower [students to] succeed." Really? No you're setting everyone up for failure.

I guess he wants everyone to borrow from their parents to go to college while he sits back in his mansion like Romney did.