BOONE – With word that NC Community College System President Scott Ralls will leave his post next fall to head a 75,000-student college in Virginia, the system’s former president says Ralls will be difficult to replace. “His loss to North Carolina is great,” H. Martin Lancaster, who headed the community college system from 1997-2008, said… READ MORE
Service to the State: University engagement, by the numbers
In the past year, North Carolina’s public colleges and universities interacted with more than 6 million North Carolinians, reaching far beyond the 220,000 students enrolled in full-time studies. [1] That’s because the state’s public campuses are not isolated enclaves. Alongside teaching and research, public service is part of the University’s core mission, creating an expectation… READ MORE
What’s in it for me?
As tuition continues to rise at our state’s public colleges and universities, questions persist about whether college is worth it. But a recent study answers those questions with an emphatic and resounding “YES.” “In return for their investment, students will receive a stream of higher future wages that will continue to grow through their working… READ MORE
N&O: Higher Education Works seeks to preserve NC’s brand
By Rob Christensen, The News & Observer Paul Fulton of Winston-Salem is a throwback to the era when most of North Carolina’s captains of industry were home grown and deeply involved in the civic life of their state. Fulton has headed textile giant Sara Lee (Hanes Hosiery, etc.) and Bassett Furniture Industries. In between industry jobs,… READ MORE
Campus Climate Change at UNC
By James Moeser, Chancellor Emeritus, UNC Chapel Hill I came to North Carolina in 2000 to be the ninth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unlike most of my predecessors, I was not a Tar Heel born. Susan and I are adopted Tar Heels. What drew us to Carolina in the first… READ MORE
NC A&T attacks serious health threat with allergen-reduced peanut
GREENSBORO – With 2.8 million Americans – many of them children – affected by peanut allergies, researchers at N.C. A&T State University have attacked a serious health threat and moved to tap a huge market by developing an allergen-reduced peanut. A&T announced last year that researchers at its School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences developed a… READ MORE
Rapid design, rapid growth
CULLOWHEE – When the product designers at the Snap-on plant in Murphy, NC, need a full-size prototype of a new power tool, they don’t have to venture far. The students and faculty at Western Carolina University’s Center for Rapid Product Realization can have a 3D-printed model delivered within a day or two. “We use Western… READ MORE
Carol Folt: The Envy of America
In an interview with the Higher Education Works Foundation, Chancellor Carol Folt says that what sets UNC-Chapel Hill apart is its ability to keep its doors open to all qualified students, regardless of their backgrounds. “I think that’s not only important; I think it is part of our DNA,” Folt says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
REVIEW: The End of College actually calls for more college
The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere. By Kevin Carey. Riverhead Books, 2015. By Eric Johnson Given the ominous title, Kevin Carey’s look into the future of higher education is surprisingly upbeat. The End of College predicts plenty of disruptive change coming to academia, but also offers a rousing… READ MORE
What’s the vision?
By Paul Fulton Higher Education Works Two years ago, the board that oversees our state’s public universities adopted a plan with an ambitious goal: To raise the percentage of North Carolinians with a bachelor’s degree from 26% of our adult population to 32% by 2018. [1] Projections indicate that the jobs of North Carolina’s future will… READ MORE
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