- Stith: Wraparound support for studentsRALEIGH (February 23, 2022) – North Carolina’s community colleges don’t help students just in the classroom. They also provide students with the support they need to make college work. The colleges ...Read more
- Community College: Seamless pathway to a four-year degreeRALEIGH (February 16, 2022) – As tuition at four-year universities climbed over the past decade,1 increasing numbers of students chose to start their college careers at one of North Carolina’s ...Read more
- A new, more affordable way to become a teacherGREENVILLE (February 16, 2022) – In a state with a growing population but a shortage of teachers, North Carolina’s state colleges and universities offer a new way to make college ...Read more
- Community Colleges: The Swiss Army knives of higher edRALEIGH (February 9, 2022) – They’re the Swiss Army knives of higher education. That’s because North Carolina’s community colleges do so many different things, whether it’s helping a student complete a ...Read more
- Forsyth Tech Aviation: ‘A wonderful opportunity’WINSTON-SALEM (February 4, 2022) – There’s a whole lot of aviation happening at Piedmont Triad International Airport – and with it a whole lot of really good jobs. With HondaJet’s manufacturing ...Read more
- SECU: People helping a whole lot of peopleRALEIGH (February 2, 2022) – The SECU Foundation calls its scholarships “People Helping People” scholarships. And indeed, they help a whole lot of people in North Carolina. With 2.6 million members ...Read more
- Guskiewicz: A huge boost for NC’s economyBy Kevin Guskiewicz CHAPEL HILL (January 27, 2022) – Earlier this month, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hit an important milestone for the future of the University. Our ...Read more
- Goldstein and Barbour: Priming the economic engineThis was written collaboratively with Suzanne Barbour, Dean of the Graduate School at UNC Chapel Hill. It describes an initiative to address the career choices of graduate students who opt ...Read more
- Project Kitty Hawk takes shapeCHAPEL HILL (January 20, 2022) – With $97 million from a new state budget, Project Kitty Hawk – the UNC System’s online learning platform – is rapidly taking shape. And it ...Read more
- Campaign for Carolina reaches $4.25B goalCHAPEL HILL (January 13, 2022) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Thursday that it had met an ambitious, if not audacious, goal to raise $4.25 billion ...Read more