- Spellings: ‘I just have real belief in DACA students’
CHARLOTTE (Oct. 4, 2017) – In response to a student’s pointed question about making education affordable for immigrant students, UNC President Margaret Spellings reaffirms her support for so-called ‘Dreamers’ who ...Read more - Why the skepticism about higher education?CHARLOTTE (Oct. 4, 2017) – We’ve all sensed it – a growing divide in views of higher education. A Pew Research Center survey in June revealed that 58% of Republican and ...Read more
- Aim higher, achieve moreCHARLOTTE (Oct. 4, 2017) – In a wide-ranging discussion, North Carolina’s political and higher education leaders shared their thoughts last week on how we can educate more North Carolinians for ...Read more
- UNC board needs to support Margaret SpellingsBy HUGH McCOLL Margaret Spellings came to North Carolina as President of the University of North Carolina System last year with an already-firm belief in making higher education accessible and affordable ...Read more
- Work together to keep higher education accessibleBy 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 ...Read more
- BOWLES: Leading UNC into the futureBy 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 ...Read more
- “Free” community college?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 ...Read more
- No “typical” college studentNo 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 ...Read more
- People without jobs, jobs without peopleRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – At a recent education conference sponsored by the NC Chamber, several speakers repeated a catchy statement to describe North Carolina’s skills gap: We have people without jobs ...Read more
- NCCU: Mission-driven to serve as an engine of opportunityBy Johnson O. Akinleye, Ph.D. Chancellor North Carolina Central University DURHAM – The start of the 2017-2018 academic year at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) marks another milestone for the institution. As we ...Read more
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