THOMASVILLE (August 24, 2022) – We don’t often think about what’s needed to work in a zoo or aquarium. But Davidson-Davie Community College is one school that offers instruction in ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (August 11, 2022) – There were lots of nice words at the NC Chamber’s annual Education and the Workforce Conference last week – lots of great ideas ...

Above: Dr. Laura B. Leatherwood, president of Blue Ridge Community College, discusses workforce development strategies with state and college leaders. (Photo by: Benjamin Rickert, July 2022) By Dr. Laura B. Leatherwood ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: With school set to resume soon across North Carolina with thousands of teaching positions still vacant1 and a new pay plan being floated for K-12 teachers, Don Martin, ...

WILMINGTON (August 3, 2022) – We don’t often get to ask both an educator from Brazil and an educator from India what they think of U.S. higher education. But our interviews ...

(August 4, 2022) RALEIGH – More than 50 North Carolina business leaders asked the NC Supreme Court last week to uphold a lower court’s order last fall directing state officials ...

RALEIGH (July 27, 2022) – As the 9th-largest state in the country, and with companies like Apple, Google, Fujifilm Diosynth, Boom Supersonic and Toyota headed here, North Carolina simply needs ...

RALEIGH (July 27, 2022) – The General Assembly responded to North Carolina’s need for engineers last year with “Engineering NC’s Future,” which provided $125 million for expansion of engineering programs ...

RALEIGH (July 21, 2022) – North Carolina won bragging rights last week when CNBC named it the No. 1 state in America for business. It’s an honor of which we ...

CHAPEL HILL (July 20, 2022) – An investment in some of North Carolina’s brightest high-school graduates – free tuition – is already paying off at UNC System schools. The NC School ...