- Gallup Poll finds North Carolinians value educationRALEIGH (Nov. 28, 2018) – North Carolinians think increased educational opportunity will help them and their state advance – yet they have substantial concerns about cost and access. Those are among ...Read more
- Video: Dr. Jeff Cox – Local High-Paying JobsDr. Jeff Cox President of Wilkes Community College describes which well-paying jobs are available in the area today and how they help prepare students for them.Read more
- WSSU & NASCAR: ‘What a great marriage’WINSTON-SALEM – At first it sounds unlikely – a historically black university training NASCAR team members? But it’s true: Winston-Salem State University, in fact, is the only public university in the ...Read more
- N.C. A&T’s impact in the communityGREENSBORO – To Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr., North Carolina A&T State University helps prepare an increasingly skilled workforce – in Greensboro, in the Piedmont Triad, in North Carolina and ...Read more
- Harry Smith: Strong universities battle urbanizationCHAPEL HILL – There’s plenty of hand-wringing these days over North Carolina’s rural-urban divide. But the chairman of the UNC System’s governing board sees a solution in the state’s colleges ...Read more
- Moss Street Partnership School ‘works in both directions’REIDSVILLE – Things are different this year at Moss Street Partnership School – just ask the kids. In 2016, the NC General Assembly asked UNC institutions to establish “lab schools” at ...Read more
- Learn best by doing at Moss StreetREIDSVILLE – Everyone learns best by doing – so that’s what they do at Moss Street Partnership School. In the accompanying video, Christina O’Connor of UNC Greensboro’s School of Education describes ...Read more
- Meeting students where they are at Moss StreetREIDSVILLE – One of the innovative approaches the Moss Street Partnership School uses is to ignore arbitrary distinctions of what grade a child is in. Over and over, school officials declare, ...Read more
- Video: Dr. Jeff Cox – Electrical Line Worker JobsIn response to a question about Wilkes Community College offering Electrical Line Worker certifications. Dr. Jeff Cox President of Wilkes Community College describes how community colleges determine which courses to ...Read more
- NC voters enforce balance of powersRALEIGH – North Carolina voters demonstrated Tuesday that they want our governor to have a true voice in governing our state – they want to re-establish and preserve the balance ...Read more