Op-Ed Piece by one of our DGH girls:

University budget cuts worry future collegian

I was deeply saddened when I read the front-page story, “Budget cuts inflict pain at colleges” (March 19), which involved the budget cuts at local colleges. What could this mean for the future of education?

As a junior in high school it disturbs me to know that reductions in the budgets of state-supported universities such as UNCG and N.C. A&T may hurt my education.

The termination of more and more professors will lead to larger classes and a smaller selection of courses.

Meanwhile, the tuition of these universities could skyrocket, making education more costly, especially to freshmen — even though we’re all struggling to make it through the economic drought.

Depriving our schools of their curricula and instructors is bound to have a much broader effect if it’s carried on too long.

I’m just hoping that there is a chance this won’t last and these schools eventually will reverse all of their major cuts.

Raven Wilson
Greensboro

The writer is a junior at Dudley High School.