GREENSBORO (July 21, 2021) – Hiring and keeping nursing faculty isn’t a challenge just at community colleges. “One of the things that vexes us is that while there’s great student demand ...

CHAPEL HILL (July 16, 2021) – So very many factors influence wellness – and Dr. Sharon Elliott-Bynum embraced them all. In the accompanying video, Dr. Cheryl Giscombe, a Professor in the ...

RALEIGH (July 14, 2021) – There’s no better time to appreciate nurses in North Carolina. As we climb out of a global pandemic, we’ve seen nurses take incredible risks to themselves ...

GREENSBORO (July14, 2021) – To examine how one state university is confronting North Carolina’s nursing shortage, we need to look back six years. “We’re turning away 140 qualified nursing students every ...

CHAPEL HILL (July 9, 2021) – UNC Chapel Hill and its lofty nationwide reputation took a hit in the university’s failed attempt to hire Nikole Hannah-Jones. And the shame of it ...

Below is a reprint of a full-page ad that appeared in several newspapers on July 7, 2021.  Higher Ed Works received permission from the former trustees to republish the ad in ...

CHAPEL HILL (July 1, 2021) – It took five months and nationwide embarrassment, but the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees eventually got it right when members voted yesterday to ...

CHAPEL HILL – As North Carolina pursues a goal to have 2 million people with post-secondary educations by 2030, the Chair of the UNC Board of Governors thinks the University ...

CHAPEL HILL – Whether it’s his boat-building company or the 48,000 faculty and staff of the UNC System, Randy Ramsey knows the most important part of any operation is the ...

RALEIGH – North Carolina’s community colleges do so many things for North Carolinians – and one of those is to offer an affordable start toward a four-year degree. Every North Carolinian ...