Reminder: Research Forum On College Afforability

Over the winter, South by North Strategies, Ltd. conducted research into changes in state support in public higher education from 1990 onward for Demos, a national public policy organization based in New York City.

The forthcoming report, entitled  The Great Cost Shift in Higher Education, will be the subject of a forum to be held at North Carolina Central University in Durham at 7:30 p.m. on April 4, 2012. The event, which will feature South by North Strategies’ research, is being sponsored by Demos, the NC Justice Center, the Campaign for Young America, and NC Central University.

Click here to register for the event, which will take place in the Alfonso Elder Student Union on the campus of NC Central University (campus map).

Research Forum: Is College Still Affordable?

Over the winter, South by North Strategies, Ltd. conducted research into changes in state support in public higher education from 1990 onward for Demos, a national public policy organization based in New York City.

The forthcoming report, entitled  The Great Cost Shift in Higher Education, will be the subject of a forum to be held at North Carolina Central University in Durham at 7:30 p.m. on April 4, 2012. The event, which will feature South by North Strategies’ research, is being sponsored by Demos, the NC Justice Center, the Campaign for Young America, and NC Central University.

Click here to register for the event, which will take place in the Alfonso Elder Student Union on the campus of NC Central University (campus map).

Discussing North Carolina’s Economy

This evening, WNCU Radio, the public radio station affiliated with North Carolina Central University in Durham, will broadcast a roundtable discussion of North Carolina’s economy moderated by John Quinterno of South by North Strategies.

The discussion will air at 6 pm, subject to change, on 90.7 FM (for listeners in the Raleigh-Durham area) and on the WNCU web site.

A Changing Retirement System

A recent report on the challenges facing Americans nearing retirement age featured the perspective of John Quinterno of South by North Strategies, Ltd.

John Quinterno of South by North Strategies, a Chapel Hill, N.C., consulting firm that studies the labor force, says the economic downturn exposed new risks in how Americans plan to support themselves in retirement. The country, he says, has switched from relying on the solid “three-legged stool” of pensions, Social Security and personal savings to a stool supported by Social Security and two wobbly legs, 401K funds and home equity.
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“We’ve run an experiment where we’ve radically changed the system we used to finance retirements from more of a social insurance model to one where individuals are responsible for their retirement,” he says. “We’ve transferred the risk from institutions to individuals, and many folks are coming up on the wrong side of the situation.”

SBN In the News: December 2011

South by North Strategies’ analyses of economic issues appeared in several media stories during the first part of December.

• The Charlotte Observer: “Charlotte region’s jobless rate falls in October”
• The News & Observer: “Triangle gains few net jobs”
• The Durham Herald-Sun: “Unemployment rate dips slightly in October”
• The Winston-Salem Journal: “Triad’s jobless rate fell in October”

SBN In The News: November 2011

South by North Strategies’ analyses of economic issues appeared in several media stories in November.

• The Associated Press: “Occupy Protests: Shop mom-and-pop on Black Friday”
  
• The News & Observer: “State’s jobless rate at 10.4 percent”
• The Charlotte Observer: “State’s jobless rate at 10.4 percent”
• The Winston-Salem Journal: “NC’s jobless rate drops for first time in eight months”
• Triangle Business Journal:  “Counties find myriad ways to pare budgets across N.C.”