RALEIGH – At best, we’re treading water. An analysis of the budget state legislators approved in June reveals that when broken down per student, university spending is still nowhere near pre-recession ...

DURHAM (Aug. 10, 2017) – Some of North Carolina’s most powerful CEOs understand the importance of early-childhood education and making sure students read well by third grade. But do the politicians? At ...

University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings made the following remarks Thursday, Aug. 10 at the North Carolina Chamber’s 2017 Conference on Education. Thank you so much for welcoming me this ...

SANFORD (Aug. 9, 2017) – UNC Chapel Hill and biopharmaceutical giant Pfizer offered a textbook example this week of the value of university research – and not just in Research ...

GREENSBORO – There are fancy names for the partnerships UNC Greensboro announced last week to make it easier for students from Guilford Technical Community College and Alamance Community College to ...

RALEIGH (Aug. 2, 2017) – The sudden departure of NC Community College System President Jimmie Williamson1 is yet another jolt to North Carolina higher education systems that have seen their ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa – A recent report in the Winston-Salem Journal1 highlighted the work of an Iowa economist who challenges popular business-climate rankings that give disproportionate weight to tax cuts. State ...

CHAPEL HILL (July 26, 2017) – With a UNC Board of Governors committee poised to act next week on a proposal to forbid the UNC Center for Civil Rights to ...

FAYETTEVILLE – Fayetteville State University Chancellor James Anderson dismisses any suggestion that there’s something wrong with starting out at a community college. “One of the misperceptions about the relationship between a ...

RALEIGH – They’re the Swiss Army knife of higher ed:  Whether it’s preparing students to attend a four-year institution, training for a trade or training customized for a local employer, community ...