In a recent Higher Ed Works webinar, SACSCOC President Belle Wheelan and former UNC Board of Governors Chair Lou Bissette discuss balancing in- and out-of-state students. “It’s a hairy mess,” says Wheelan, but it does improve financial stability. Bissette warns that institutions should not deny admission to qualified in-state students. CHAPEL HILL (Feb. 17, 2021)… READ MORE
Small UNC System campuses keep COVID in check
(Oct. 6, 2020) – Let’s hear it for the little guys. As several of the UNC System’s largest institutions were forced to quickly shift classes online as the coronavirus erupted on their campuses, many of the System’s smaller institutions – including its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – have managed to keep the virus… READ MORE
‘A culture of expectation’ at Elizabeth City State
ELIZABETH CITY – For Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon, reopening campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic boils down to holding yourself and those around you accountable for doing the right thing. In the accompanying excerpts from a Zoom interview, Dixon discusses how ECSU will start the fall semester a week earlier than originally… READ MORE
ECSU drones to help fight COVID-19 in rural NC
ELIZABETH CITY – Elizabeth City State University has a tool not many schools have to combat the spread of COVID-19: Its own air force. Situated just 2 miles from the largest U.S. Coast Guard air station in the country, ECSU has the only four-year aviation program in North Carolina. Last fall, the school also launched… READ MORE
A look at NC’s HMSIs
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Some North Carolinians aren’t familiar with our state’s Historically Minority-Serving Institutions (HMSIs) – but HMSIs are taking on growing importance in efforts to build an educated workforce in the state. UNC-TV will take a look at the educational opportunities and partnerships North Carolina’s six public HMSIs provide at 8 p.m. tonight… READ MORE
All the way from Weeksville
WINSTON-SALEM – To hear what a difference education can make in one person’s life, just ask Dr. Stephanie Dance-Barnes. In the accompanying video, Dance-Barnes, the interim associate provost and an associate professor of biology at Winston-Salem State University, talks about how she left a small nearby community in Northeastern North Carolina to attend Elizabeth City… READ MORE
Check out our HBCU coverage
North Carolina has a rich tradition of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – in fact, it has more historically black public universities than any other state.1 Together, North Carolina’s HBCUs have a total economic impact of at least $1.7 billion and generate at least 15,663 jobs. A single year’s graduates will earn $20.7 billion… READ MORE
Get an ECSU aviation degree – even from a submarine
ELIZABETH CITY – When it comes to meeting students where they are, not many institutions go as deep as Elizabeth City State University. Elizabeth City is within 50 miles of the massive Norfolk Naval Station. In the accompanying video, Dr. Kuldeep Rawat, Director of ECSU’s Aviation Science Program, explains how the university is working with… READ MORE
Elizabeth City State turns the corner
ELIZABETH CITY – Things are looking up at Elizabeth City State University. Over a six-year period from 2010 to 2016, the small HBCU in Northeastern North Carolina saw enrollment fall from more than 3,100 to 1,357.1 At one point in an early draft of the 2014-15 state budget, leaders in the NC Senate even proposed… READ MORE
ECSU Aviation Science: A worldwide shortage of pilots
ELIZABETH CITY – Aviation science is complex. But for Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Thomas Conway, the economics of aviation are a matter of simple supply and demand. “The aviation business worldwide is growing, and there’s a worldwide shortage of pilots. All of these things come together to make Aviation Science a very viable degree… READ MORE