Schools
- A red state that values higher ed
North Carolina might not have a whole lot in common with Wyoming, but it does share one thing: A requirement in its state constitution to keep university tuition as low ...Read more - UNC 2050: An educated populace critical to succeedWILMINGTON – By 2050, rapidly growing Southeastern North Carolina could have 600,000 people – and the state as a whole could have 15 million, Chancellor Jose “Zito” Sartarelli says. As demands ...Read more
- NCGAP – Still a flawed ideaRALEIGH – Once again, the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy is pushing a flawed idea – a deferred admission plan at state universities that legislators agreed to ...Read more
- Spellings: Expect the extraordinaryNorth Carolina State University Commencement | December 16, 2016 Margaret Spellings People are capable of extraordinary things when we expect it of them. That has been a guiding belief of my life ...Read more
- Hurricane-affected UNC institutions give back to communityCourtesy of [email protected] Like much of eastern North Carolina, UNC campuses suffered major disruption in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. Several campuses closed for more than a week, with students sent ...Read more
- Spellings: Higher education “a new civil right”CHAPEL HILL (October 13, 2016) – At her inauguration today, the 18th president of the University of North Carolina system left no doubt about her view on access to a ...Read more
- Lindsay’s giftBy David Rice Higher Education Works Foundation RALEIGH (Sept. 28, 2016) – Last October 30, Kevin Howell knew something wasn’t right. He’d had several bouts of nausea. He’d noticed an annoying metallic ...Read more
- An effort to elevate NC’s higher-ed discussionCHAPEL HILL – A new thrust for North Carolina’s public universities aims to elevate discussion among state policymakers from day-to-day operations to strategic, long-range initiatives. Andrew Kelly, a respected higher education ...Read more
