GREENSBORO – Some 80 percent of students at UNC Greensboro work either full- or part-time. “I like to call us an ‘Earn It’ school,” UNCG Chancellor Frank Gilliam declares in the accompanying video. “They’re not here on their family’s money. They work, and work hard – some of them two and three jobs. Some 40… READ MORE
GREENSBORO – UNC Greensboro recently revised its General Education (or “Gen Ed”) requirements to take more of a multi-disciplinary approach to an increasingly complex world. Starting in the fall of 2021, entering students would be required to meet 11 basic competencies by choosing from a broad array of classes. As might be expected, the new… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 19, 2019) – Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees presented the board’s highest honor this week to three individuals who exemplify dedication, commitment and service to the University. The three recipients of the 2019 William Richardson Davie Award are Teresa Holland Williams of… READ MORE
ELIZABETH CITY – Randy Ramsey is just settling in as Chair of the UNC Board of Governors. But he deserves credit for wanting to rein in at least one rogue board member for launching personal investigations outside the board’s processes. Ramsey is also co-chair of the committee overseeing the search for yet another UNC System… READ MORE
RALEIGH (Nov. 18, 2019) – Kevin Howell equates it with winning a national championship: The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) recognized NC State University this month with its Economic Engagement Connections Award – its top honor for economic engagement. “I see this work every day,” Howell, NC State’s Vice Chancellor for External Affairs,… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 15, 2019) – The leaders of Higher Ed Works and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal got together with a group of future professors this week to discuss the biggest challenges facing higher education. And what was striking wasn’t their differences – it was how much they agreed. Paul Fulton,… READ MORE
By Leslie BoneyNC State University LUCAMA – It was a strange group of visitors looking down on the sweet potato processing line at Scott Farms one day last month. As they listened to a plant manager talk about everything from planting to shipping, a nuclear engineer stood next to a graphic designer, a women’s studies… READ MORE
Nestor Ramirez is a former adviser at Surry Central High School and East Surry High School. He now works as a research education analyst at RTI International and is pursuing a PhD. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – When he graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, Nestor Ramirez was so grateful that he wanted to give back. So he… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL – You don’t normally picture professors from UNC-Chapel Hill in Kinston. Or Eden. Or Rocky Mount. Or Cherokee. Or North Wilkesboro. Or Lumberton. But those are just some of the places they visited Oct. 16-18 on the Tar Heel Bus Tour, an effort launched in 1997 by the late Chancellor Michael Hooker. Interim… READ MORE
RALEIGH – Perhaps it’s appropriate the 2019 General Assembly adjourned on Halloween, because the inability of the legislature and the governor to come to terms on a budget for the next two years leaves North Carolina with a sense of foreboding. Here’s where we stand: The legislature passed a budget that included average raises of… READ MORE
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