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WHERE IS MRS. SPELLINGS WHEN WE NEED HER? 

2/6/2016

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 Today’s News and Observer reports that leaders of the NC legislature are considering a plan drastically o lower tuition at some public universities in the state.  Sounds good, doesn’t it? But read on. The legislators  ”have focused on financial models for a less expensive degree at historically black Elizabeth City State, Fayetteville State and Winston-Salem State, and UNC Pembroke, once known as Pembroke State College for Indians.”  These legislators have not won a reputation for being sympathetic to African-Americans and other minorities in the state. This plan sounds to me like second class education for second-class citizens.
 
And why right now? The new president of the University, Margaret Spellings, takes office on March 1.  She is, we are told, “up to speed on the discussions. “ Will she be presented with a fait accompli?  Or is she happy that someone else will take the heat for this very dubious plan?  The legislature should wait until she is in a position to speak her own mind on educational issues. Meantime, she should be insisting on time for an in depth study of the proposal. .  Where is Mrs. Spellings when we need her?


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