- UNC Asheville fuses engineering and the arts
ASHEVILLE – Engineering at a liberal arts school? You bet. If North Carolina voters approve on March 15, $21 million from the Connect NC bond proposal will go to renovate two ...Read more - NC universities lag peers in faculty payFAYETTEVILLE (March 4, 2016) – With North Carolina’s public universities lagging their peers in faculty compensation, the UNC Board of Governors has decided to make competitive pay a top priority ...Read more
- ECU Life Sciences: The intersection of education and jobsGREENVILLE – The technology involved in East Carolina University’s proposed Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building is far from simple. But the goal isn’t. “We can make a major difference on Eastern ...Read more
- $110M in bonds would help WCU science escape the ‘70sCULLOWHEE – When Western Carolina University’s Natural Science Building was built in the 1970s, Western had 6,100 students – 15 studied nursing, and none studied engineering.1 But as students increasingly gravitate ...Read more
- ROSS: Ensure Spellings’ successBy Thomas W. Ross President Emeritus University of North Carolina System Almost every day, someone asks me how I feel about Margaret Spellings as my successor. After acknowledging that I would have preferred ...Read more
- Welcome, President SpellingsBy Paul Fulton and Brad Wilson Co-Chairs Higher Education Works The Higher Education Works family of organizations extends a warm North Carolina welcome to Margaret Spellings, who assumes office today as President of ...Read more
- Connect NC and NC Community CollegesIf voters approve on March 15, North Carolina’s community colleges plan to use proceeds from the Connect NC bond package to help students fill jobs in each community they serve. The ...Read more
- RALLS: Welding students to profitable careers^ After a year of unemployment, Brandi Hilliard of Concord participated three days a week in the Back-to-Work program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College to learn welding and pipefitting. She soon ...Read more
- UNC Charlotte Chancellor: ‘A sense of urgency’ to March 15 bond voteBy Philip L. Dubois Chancellor, UNC Charlotte UNC Charlotte’s interest in the bond issue is a proposed $90 million science facility that is crucial to ensuring our continuing ability to respond to ...Read more
- JIM WOODWARD: Public universities exist to serve the public goodBy Jim Woodward Chancellor Emeritus, UNC Charlotte The mission of the 17-campus University of North Carolina can be summarized with the following statement: Public universities exist to serve the public good. This goal is pursued ...Read more
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