From President Barack Obama's inaugural speech Tuesday, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp latched onto 69 words that he believes should provide the nation's higher education system some promise.
Here's what Obama said:
We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.
Said Thorp Thursday, speaking to campus trustees in Chapel Hill: "There's a lot of opportunity for universities in that paragraph."
In higher education, the promise of a big chunk of a forthcoming economic stimulus package has some in a froth. Consider, for example, the American Council of Education, led by former UNC system President Molly Broad. That group has expressed its support for new spending to higher education.
Locally, neither the UNC system nor Duke University has jumped vocally into the feeding line for stimulus money.
Here's a lengthy breakdown of how the stimulus money could affect American higher education.
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I hope he's telling the
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 03:05 — Tiara79I hope he's telling the truth. You know, many politicians, even the president himself are too often giving empty hopes for us. Well, let's see how Obama brings glory to this nation. Thanks.
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Good if he really means it.
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 00:20 — DeBrittoGood if he really means it. Many universities need infrastructure development more than they ever did. I also hope that there will be more scholarship programs. Miami Rap Music
Maybe the universities need
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 21:20 — callingcardMaybe the universities need more dedicating programs as well. I think many researches are gone for nothing real. They can make the budget allocation more efficient themselves. free ads |job|memory foam mattress
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Sun, 09/06/2009 - 11:05 — mrdonkEric AS ALWAYS GOOD NEWS
Stimulating
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 08:43 — eshavmWhether or not the stimulus package has a great impact on higher education remains to be seen. I personally think it should... I'd even go back to school to get my health science masters if part of the cost was subsidized. However, my best guess is that we're in for so much trouble financially that any real contributions to the education sector will be a long ways off.
Total faith in Holden ....
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 23:21 — FloydTurboI have total faith in Holden Thorp ..... and zero faith in Barack Obama. Holden is smarter and way way way more honest.
New religion
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 17:13 — ThoughtCrimesWe will sell science theories as facts, and deride anyone who dares to question our pronouncements. and wield technology's wonders to make even more lethal weapons at even higher costs. We will harness the sun (and find out that it's realllllly hot, then get some asbestos harnesses) and the winds (and be right back in sailing boats) and eat the soil. We'll burn food to fuel our cars, run our factories on soilant green, and eat plastic and cockroach poop. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities into temples to a nationally mandated new-age religion. We'll wear our pants inside out, and our jackets up-side down. We will wear shoes on our heads, and hats on our feet. All this we can do. And all this we will do.
Rent seekers away!
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 14:20 — jonoflockeTo paraphrase Chancellor Thorp, there's a lot of opportunities for universities to capture research grants and generate a lot of worthless studies with all that 'free' money.
I'm just happy that we have
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 13:24 — acidqueenI'm just happy that we have an actual intellectual in the White House now, rather than some blind sheep that thinks the only larnin' we need is from one belief system's book of mythology.
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Thu, 01/22/2009 - 11:10 — jtshellnchttp://thehickoryhound.blogspot.com/....How about accountability from our universities on the cost side....People cannot legitimately afford to send their kids to college.... We can live in this fantasy world of the University System and Government solving all of our problem, but you may want to open your minds to the fact that the Universities and Government are part of our Nation's (of, by and for the people) problem.