- Hans: ‘The fiscally responsible thing to do’CHAPEL HILL – After a pandemic and three years without a new state budget, the UNC System needs to invest in both its physical capital and its human capital, President ...Read more
- The cost of deferred maintenance at NC universitiesGREENSBORO – Not many donors want to put their name on an HVAC system. Yet sometimes those systems need to be replaced. And across the UNC System, postponed maintenance amounts ...Read more
- Cooper announces aid for community-college studentsRALEIGH (May 26, 2021) – A new directive from Gov. Roy Cooper will make $31.5 million available to help graduating high-school seniors attend North Carolina community colleges, as well as ...Read more
- UNC board waives SAT/ACT requirement for Fall 2022CHAPEL HILL (May 27, 2021) – In a debate over whether to require students to submit SAT or ACT scores with their applications for admission in Fall 2022, access – ...Read more
- New beginnings for the Class of 2021To commence means to begin. And after weathering a worldwide pandemic, commencement for the Class of 2021 indeed felt like a new beginning for thousands of UNC System graduates. AT UNC-CHAPEL ...Read more
- NC community colleges to lead recoveryRALEIGH – North Carolina’s community colleges will lead the state through the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the system’s president says. Community colleges will not only retrain displaced workers – they ...Read more
- Support community colleges to make it happenRALEIGH – To lead North Carolina’s economic recovery, the state’s community colleges will need support from the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper, the NC Community College System’s president says. In ...Read more
- 41st? Support community college faculty, staffRALEIGH – Raises for faculty and staff are at the top of the NC Community Colleges’ legislative agenda this year. “We’re the third-largest system in the country, yet our faculty and ...Read more
- Community colleges: Affordable, accessible, high qualityCHAPEL HILL – North Carolina’s community colleges will be pivotal to meeting the state’s goal of 2 million people with degrees or high-quality credentials by 2030, says UNC System President Peter ...Read more
- 2 million educated by 2030RALEIGH (May 5, 2021) – When’s the last time North Carolina’s K-12 public schools, community colleges, public and private universities, as well as its business, philanthropic and faith communities, all ...Read more