A Way Forward
Building a Globally Competitive South
Published on 19. December 2011
220 pages
978-0-8078-7289-5 (ISBN)
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In the last half century, North Carolina and the South have experienced rapid economic growth. Much of the best analysis of this progress came from two North Carolina-based research organizations: the Southern Growth Policies Board and MDC (originally a project of the North Carolina Fund). Their 1986 reports are two of the best assessments of the achievements and limitations of the so-called Sunbelt boom.
On November 17, 2011, the Global Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University co-hosted a public discussion to build on these classic reports and to offer fresh analyses of the current challenges facing the region. A Way Forward, which issued from this effort, features more than thirty original essays containing recommendations and strategies for building and sustaining a globally competitive South.
On November 17, 2011, the Global Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University co-hosted a public discussion to build on these classic reports and to offer fresh analyses of the current challenges facing the region. A Way Forward, which issued from this effort, features more than thirty original essays containing recommendations and strategies for building and sustaining a globally competitive South.
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Daniel P. Gitterman is an associate professor of public policy and a senior fellow at the Global Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has served as a senior policy adviser to North Carolina governor Beverly Perdue and is the author of Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America’s Working Poor.
Peter A. Coclanis is Albert R. Newsome Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is director of the Global Research Institute.
Peter A. Coclanis is Albert R. Newsome Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is director of the Global Research Institute.
Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION: Lessons from the Past and A Way Forward
- Defining the South
- 1. THE SOUTH AND 20TH-CENTURY ECONOMIC HISTORY
- Southern Economic Commentary in Historical Perspective
- The Rural South and the Burden of the Past
- African American Economic Progress and the Post-Civil Rights South
- The Knowledge Economy and the Crisis of Economic Development Policy in South Carolina, 1986-2011
- 2. 25 YEARS LATER: REVISITING HALFWAY HOME AND SHADOWS IN THE SUNBELT 1986-2011
- Revisiting the 1986 Commission on the Future of the South's Halfway Home and a Long Way to Go
- The Southern "Consensus" on Education and Economic Development
- 3. PROVIDING A NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS
- Southern Education Progress: Half Past Halfway, but Still a Ways to Go
- Treading Water: K-12 Educational Attainment in the South and North Carolina
- Assessing Progress: Almost Home?
- 4. PREPARING A FLEXIBLE, GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE
- Toward a "Globally Competitive" Southern Workforce
- The American South in the Global Economy
- 5. PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN A NEW ECONOMIC ERA
- Our Southern Universities as Engines of Innovation
- The Relevant University
- North Carolina Community Colleges and a New Economic Landscape
- The Unique Role of Southern Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Economic Development
- 6. INCREASING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
- Shadows and Light on the Way Home: The University of North Carolina's Role in Higher Education and Economic Development
- State Investment in Higher Education: Rethinking the Impact on Economic Growth
- University and Community: What Is the Role for Economic Development?
- 7. INCREASING THE SOUTH'S CAPACITY TO INNOVATE AND IMPLEMENT NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
- Southern Industrialization Revisited: Industrial Recruitment as a Strategic Tool for Local Economic Development
- Southern Regional Innovation Strategies
- North Carolina's Board of Science and Technology: A Model for Guiding Technology-Based Economic Development in the South
- Infrastructure and Rural Economic Development: The Case of a Rural Broadband Initiative
- Infrastructure, Southern Style
- 8. URBAN, RURAL, AND GREEN
- The New Metro American South
- Closing the Urban-Rural Gap: The Future of North Carolina and the South
- The Future of the Green South
- 9. WORK, THE SAFETY NET, AND FAITH
- Creating "Good Jobs" in North Carolina and the South
- Will the Government Strengthen at-Risk Families?
- Faith-Based Nonprofits and the Social Safety Net in the South
- 10. A CHANGING SOUTHERN DEMOGRAPHY
- Disruptive Demographics and the American South
- Generation Z and North Carolina's Future
- The Old in the New Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for the South and North Carolina
- Adapting to a Plural Culture and the Future of the South
- 11. SOUTHERN POLITICS AND POLICY: THEN, NOW, AND TOMORROW
- On Terry Sanford's Legacy for Southern Progressives Today
- Southern Poverty, Southern Politics
- Getting Past Our Civil War Hangover and Moving toward Real Southern Progress
- 12. VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH
- Southern-Style Creativity: New Methods for Tackling Nagging Challenges in the Next 25 Years
- Strategic Philanthropy and the State of the South
- Globalization and Urbanization: The Changing Context of Competition
- CONCLUSION
- The Future of the South and A Way Forward
