Fifteen years have passed since North Carolinians overwhelmingly approved $3.1 billion in higher-education bonds in 2000. With support from 70 percent of voters and a majority in all 100 North Carolina counties, the 2000 vote reaffirmed North Carolina’s historical commitment to public higher education. The success of that effort – at the time, the largest… READ MORE
Faculty Assembly panel: Higher Ed remains vital in NC
CHAPEL HILL (January 15, 2016) – At a statewide gathering of university faculty, Higher Education Works Executive Director David Rice said the public too often misses the link between reductions in state funds and rising tuition at North Carolina’s public universities. North Carolina’s shift away from public support has had a direct impact on tuition… READ MORE
UNCG Chancellor: “We need those workers.”
GREENSBORO – The Connect NC bonds on the ballot in the March 15 primary election will help connect real students with real jobs. “We’re turning away 140 qualified nursing students every year,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam Jr. says in the accompanying video. “Cone Health tells us we cannot produce nurses fast enough for them… READ MORE
McCrory: With $2B in bonds, NC is “stepping up to the future”
RALEIGH (Jan. 5, 2016) – Since North Carolina’s last bond referendum 15 years ago, 2 million people – the equivalent of the entire state of Nebraska – have moved to North Carolina. “Two million people is a gigantic burden to be placed on our infrastructure,” Jim Rose, a regional president for Yadkin Bank, told several… READ MORE
Doubling down on a winning innovation at NCSSM
When the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics was launched in 1980, it was a completely new experiment. No state had ever created a public boarding school centered on advanced science and mathematics. A quarter-century later, the school is an international model. Other states and countries have copied the idea, and North Carolina policymakers… READ MORE
New UNC-P business school would meet rising student demand
PEMBROKE – Business education is on the upswing at UNC Pembroke. Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings said enrollment in business programs has ballooned over the past two years, reflecting students’ increased interest in job skills and entrepreneurship. “We’ve seen a huge increase in the number of students pursuing business degrees,” he said. “We have strong faculty,… READ MORE
Brewing jobs at App State
BOONE – It’s easy to make jokes about majoring in beer. But Appalachian State University has skipped past the punchline to turn its Enology and Viticulture program into a major economic driver in North Carolina. The number of breweries in the state nearly tripled from 2010 to 2014, according to the North Carolina ABC Commission,… READ MORE
Appalachian’s newest college enhances health and life in NC
The $2 billion Connect NC bond proposal that will go to voters in North Carolina’s March 15 primary election includes $70 million for a new Health Sciences building at Appalachian State University. Appalachian Chancellor Sheri Everts discusses here what the Beaver College of Health Sciences does for students and for health care in North Carolina…. READ MORE
Arp: Smart bond plan invests in “technologies of the future”
(Click here for video of Rep. Arp discussing the bond proposal at UNC Charlotte) CHAPEL HILL – State Rep. Dean Arp (R-Union) is known as a fiscal conservative. And his strong support for a $2 billion bond package that will go to North Carolina voters in March is rooted in sound fiscal policy. Even if… READ MORE
VIDEO: Reynolds CEO Susan Cameron: No greater legacy
To have a talented workforce for the 21st century, government, philanthropies and employers must all value higher education, Reynolds American President and CEO Susan Cameron says in the accompanying video. “There’s no greater legacy than changing lives through education,” she says. That includes making higher education available throughout a worker’s career, Cameron says – whether… READ MORE
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