The Syllabus: Our northern neighbor - John Newsom, News-Record

You all have heard of the University of Virginia, right? Founded by Thomas Jefferson? Virginia's flagship school? One of the best public universities in the nation? Guess how much of UVa's budget comes from the commonwealth of Virginia? Half? A quarter? You're way too high. Here it is: It's 6 percent.... It's a fascinating discussion — and one that North Carolina ought to be having, too. North Carolina continues to spend more on its college system than Virginia and most other states. But that state support is declining. UNC-Chapel Hill, for instance, gets just 20 percent of its annual budget from Raleigh. UNCG is in the 40 percent range. (That's back-of-the-envelope math. I suspect a lot of UNC schools are higher than that, especially the ones that don't pull in much research money.) http://www.news-record.com/blogs/the_syllabus/article_359bf7fc-1c7f-11e3-8b9c-0019bb30f31a.html