June 17, 2009

UT raises tuition, cuts jobs

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — .University of Tennessee trustees agreed Wednesday to raise tuition at all campuses, eliminate more than 500 jobs over the next two years and trim the UT system’s vice presidents by half in a top-level reorganization.
Some 200 jobs are vacant now, while 300 others will be shifted to federal stimulus funding that will [...]

June 17, 2009

Charlotte ranks as Southeast’s No. 3 city

A new study ranks Charlotte third among nine Southeastern metro areas on a range of factors affecting economic growth.
The benchmarking index was compiled by Harrison Campbell, associate professor of geography at UNC Charlotte.
He ranked the metro areas on employment and labor; income and productivity; livability and connectivity; new economy; and equity and diversity in a [...]