- Top-Notch Public Universities Need Business SupportBy James Leutze Given the state’s phenomenal growth over the last few generations, it isn’t surprising that more than half of North Carolinians today have no memory of what the University ...Read more
- Student Debt: “This huge albatross around their neck.”North Carolina has long prided itself on keeping tuition and student debt low at our state universities — in fact, the state constitution requires the legislature to keep tuition as ...Read more
- “Education IS Economic Development”At a forum co-sponsored by Higher Education Works and the Harvard Club of the Research Triangle, NC Community College System President Scott Ralls describes the historic connection between education and ...Read more
- House Budget a Breath of Fresh AirRALEIGH (May 22, 2015) – A University budget that grows by $139 million, or 5.3%, as the overall budget grows by 6.3% is a welcome change in the spending plan ...Read more
- ECU’s Brody School of Medicine a Worthy Investment in Primary CareBy Brad Wilson There is not much use debating the value of preventive health care. Science and data show us that it’s better for our physical, emotional and financial health to ...Read more
- NC Senator Jeff Tarte: Seamless Higher EdRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – At an event co-sponsored by Higher Education Works and the Harvard Club, state Sen. Jeff Tarte shares a real-life example of “student swirl” – the rotation ...Read more
- “We’re not going to have enough college graduates.”In this video interview, University of North Carolina President Tom Ross reacts to a projection that the United States won’t have enough college graduates to fill the available jobs. “If we ...Read more
- “Be bold. Take chances.”Excerpts from 2015 Commencement Remarks UNC-Chapel Hill | Jason Kilar, co-founder and former CEO of Hulu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLbP7WUGiBI Kilar’s deeply personal address dwelled on some of the hardest times in his own life, and ...Read more
- NC out of step as other states reinvest in higher ed?The Great Recession required sacrifices across the country. Households cut spending, state governments trimmed their budgets, and public universities in almost every state saw significant cuts. North Carolina was no exception. ...Read more
- The Future of Public Higher Education in North CarolinaHigher Education Works and the Harvard Club of the Research Triangle sponsored a forum on the future of public higher education in North Carolina recently at Research Triangle Park’s headquarters. ...Read more