GREENVILLE – It takes special talent to make therapy for spinal cord injuries seem fun.  But Dr. Richard Williams has that talent. Williams, an Associate Professor of Recreation Therapy at East ...

RALEIGH – The budget proposal adopted last week by the state House includes raises of 2% plus a $500 bonus for state employees, and raises for K-12 teachers that average ...

ELON (May 21, 2016) – Elon University’s Commencement speaker, David Gergen, departed from the tradition of showering graduates with praise and advice to discuss his concerns about the future of ...

BOONE – At its best, a college education treads a fine line between learning and invention.   Students need the discipline to master existing knowledge, but also the creativity to discover ...

GREENSBORO (May 16, 2016) – When it comes to core priorities for public higher education, there’s not much daylight between UNC System President Margaret Spellings and her predecessor, Tom Ross. Spellings ...

Photo and profile provided by UNC School of the Arts.  Original post appears here. If asked to choose, Dale Pollock would say that his favorite film is “The Wizard of Oz.” ...

By Margaret Spellings President, University of North Carolina System I’m nearing the end of my first tour of our state’s public universities, and it has been a thoroughly heartening experience.  On every visit, ...

Since taking office in March, University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings has faced small but insistent protests about her perceived agenda for public higher education. And at every opportunity, she ...

ELIZABETH CITY – Dr. Ngozi Oriaku knows the value of good teaching.  But she also knows students have the final responsibility for getting the most out of college, and she ...

^Honorary Degree Recipients (left to right: Paul Fulton, Jr., Anne-Marie Slaughter, Sandra Cisneros, Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, and Nell Irvin Painter) stand with Chancellor Carol L. Folt before the Spring ...