BOONE – At its best, a college education treads a fine line between learning and invention.   Students need the discipline to master existing knowledge, but also the creativity to discover ...

GREENSBORO (May 16, 2016) – When it comes to core priorities for public higher education, there’s not much daylight between UNC System President Margaret Spellings and her predecessor, Tom Ross. Spellings ...

Photo and profile provided by UNC School of the Arts.  Original post appears here. If asked to choose, Dale Pollock would say that his favorite film is “The Wizard of Oz.” ...

By Margaret Spellings President, University of North Carolina System I’m nearing the end of my first tour of our state’s public universities, and it has been a thoroughly heartening experience.  On every visit, ...

Since taking office in March, University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings has faced small but insistent protests about her perceived agenda for public higher education. And at every opportunity, she ...

ELIZABETH CITY – Dr. Ngozi Oriaku knows the value of good teaching.  But she also knows students have the final responsibility for getting the most out of college, and she ...

^Honorary Degree Recipients (left to right: Paul Fulton, Jr., Anne-Marie Slaughter, Sandra Cisneros, Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, and Nell Irvin Painter) stand with Chancellor Carol L. Folt before the Spring ...

As controversy over HB2 roils campuses and boardrooms across the state, former Gov. Jim Martin weighs in with a simple suggestion: Listen to each other. By Jim Martin How did we ever ...

RALEIGH – “The state of North Carolina cannot function without a strong, motivated workforce,” Gov. Pat McCrory said as he presented his proposed 2016-17 budget to state legislators last week.1 If ...

GREENSBORO – Dr. Salil Desai researches things most of us struggle to comprehend:  How to deposit nano-scale droplets.  Bio-chemical sensors.  Regenerative tissue engineering. Desai established NC A&T State University’s Integrated Nano ...