Schools
- Harry Smith: The No. 1 online platform
CHAPEL HILL – The new Chair of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors pictures big things from the UNC System online, not unlike the massive offerings of Arizona ... Read more - Harry Smith: An affordable, sustainable UNC System CHAPEL HILL – The incoming Chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors wants to keep state universities efficient and affordable – so they can continue to do ... Read more
- Spellings: Technology can help us do the job CHAPEL HILL – The President of the University of North Carolina System wants to see more students take advantage of online course offerings to complete their degrees and graduate on ... Read more
- Budget stokes “engine of opportunity for every North Carolinian” RALEIGH – Raises for public school teachers and state employees are welcome, as is money to accommodate growing numbers of university students. So higher education leaders praised the 2018-19 state ... Read more
- Spellings: ‘Pleased but not satisfied’ CHARLOTTE – North Carolina has built one of the finest university systems in the nation, University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings said Monday.
But it can be better.
“As I ... Read more
- House Speaker Moore: ‘The single greatest priority we have’
WINSTON-SALEM (Feb. 28, 2018) – NC House Speaker Tim Moore voiced broad support for public education at a special gathering this week.
“When it comes to our state budget, education is ... Read more
- Innovations for both universities and K-12 CHAPEL HILL – There’s plenty of reform underway in public education in North Carolina, and UNC System President Margaret Spellings highlights several innovations at both universities and K-12 schools in ... Read more
- Work together to keep higher education accessible By Paul Fulton
Co-Chair
Higher Education Works
North Carolina’s public universities have long been considered our state’s most important asset – they offer opportunity to students from Murphy to Manteo, and in the ... Read more
- BOWLES: Leading UNC into the future
By Erskine B. Bowles
President Emeritus
University of North Carolina
We North Carolinians are blessed to have a high-achieving, diverse University system that is admired not just across our country, but around the ... Read more
- “Free” community college? Our neighbors in Tennessee invented “free” community college.
In 2014, Republican Gov. Bill Haslam launched the Tennessee Promise – two years of tuition-free community college for Tennessee high school graduates. Tennessee ... Read more
