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Harry Smith: An affordable, sustainable UNC System

June 27, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – The incoming Chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors wants to keep state universities efficient and affordable – so they can continue to do great things. “When I look at higher education, one of the major points of concern for me is actually the sustainability – particularly for us… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, UNC Board of Governors, UNC System

Spellings: Technology can help us do the job

June 13, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL – The President of the University of North Carolina System wants to see more students take advantage of online course offerings to complete their degrees and graduate on time – wherever they are. “One of the tools we’re going to have to use more vigorously and more powerfully is technology-based education,” UNC System… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, Online, President Spellings, UNC System

Budget stokes “engine of opportunity for every North Carolinian”

June 6, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH – Raises for public school teachers and state employees are welcome, as is money to accommodate growing numbers of university students.  So higher education leaders praised the 2018-19 state budget adopted last week by the NC General Assembly. The budget “builds on the UNC System’s strongest budget in a decade and provides an additional… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Expert Analysis, NC Community Colleges, UNC System

Spellings: ‘Pleased but not satisfied’

March 21, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHARLOTTE – North Carolina has built one of the finest university systems in the nation, University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings said Monday. But it can be better. “As I like to say, we’re pleased but not satisfied,” Spellings told an audience at UNC Charlotte in the first of a series of State… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Diversity, Leadership, UNC System

House Speaker Moore: ‘The single greatest priority we have’

March 2, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

WINSTON-SALEM (Feb. 28, 2018) – NC House Speaker Tim Moore voiced broad support for public education at a special gathering this week. “When it comes to our state budget, education is the single largest item, because it’s the single greatest priority that we have – and we’re going to continue to fund it,” Moore told… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Access & Affordability, EdTalks, Leadership, NC Community Colleges, UNC System

Innovations for both universities and K-12

February 28, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – There’s plenty of reform underway in public education in North Carolina, and UNC System President Margaret Spellings highlights several innovations at both universities and K-12 schools in the accompanying video. • NC Promise:  The NC General Assembly has committed more than $50 million to provide in-state tuition of $500 a semester “to… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, President Spellings, UNC System

Work together to keep higher education accessible

October 3, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 3 Comments

By Paul Fulton Co-Chair Higher Education Works North Carolina’s public universities have long been considered our state’s most important asset – they offer opportunity to students from Murphy to Manteo, and in the process they serve as our state’s strongest economic driver. In fact, a study two years ago found that together, North Carolina’s public… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Access & Affordability, Leadership, UNC System

BOWLES: Leading UNC into the future

September 27, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 6 Comments

By Erskine B. Bowles President Emeritus University of North Carolina We North Carolinians are blessed to have a high-achieving, diverse University system that is admired not just across our country, but around the world.  A 2015 analysis concluded our public universities generated $27.9 billion in additional income for North Carolinians.1 The 17 public universities that… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, EdTalks, Focus on Quality, UNC System

“Free” community college?

September 27, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

Our neighbors in Tennessee invented “free” community college. In 2014, Republican Gov. Bill Haslam launched the Tennessee Promise – two years of tuition-free community college for Tennessee high school graduates.  Tennessee uses lottery money to create a “last-dollar” scholarship that pays a student’s tuition after federal and other aid have been tapped.1 More than 33,000… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Access & Affordability, Education Forum, NC Community Colleges, UNC System

No “typical” college student

September 20, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

No longer is the “typical” college student necessarily a fresh-faced high-school graduate who immediately zips through four years at State U. and enters the work force. That “typical” student, in fact, is harder and harder to define. Some 40% of college students today are 25 or older.1  And in the last 10 years, the number of… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Education Forum, Focus on Quality, UNC System

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