Blog - Public Ed Works

June 15, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

WILKESBORO (June 15, 2022) – Wilkes Community College’s effort to connect graduates with the tech economy didn’t happen out of the blue – it took a plan. And it took generosity. “Wilkes is suffering from a lot of the same challenges that many rural communities are across the nation.” Lee Herring, President of the Leonard… READ MORE

June 9, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 8 Comments

RALEIGH (June 9, 2022) – They want to spend $115 million on what? State legislators ordered the UNC System to move its offices from Chapel Hill to Raleigh by the end of this year and spend $15 million to rent space as a $100 million building is constructed in the state government complex. They aim… READ MORE

June 1, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

MOCKSVILLE (June 1, 2022) — With the supply-chain delays we face these days, there’s never been a more important time to train truck drivers. “Even your automobile came to the dealership on a truck. Everything you own at some point was on a truck,” Jeff Ferguson, Director of the Truck Driver Training Program at Davidson-Davie… READ MORE

June 1, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

THOMASVILLE (June 1, 2022) – With storied names like Lexington and Thomasville in its back yard, you’d expect Davidson-Davie Community College to have a long history with the furniture industry. And it does. But that relationship has “morphed” over the years, Dr. Darrin Hartness, President of Davidson-Davie, says in the accompanying video. The college supplies… READ MORE

May 26, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 3 Comments

CHAPEL HILL (May 26, 2022) – The board that oversees the UNC System agreed today to spend $15 million to move the System’s offices to Raleigh – but not without vocal objections from several members. The budget approved by state legislators last November ordered the UNC System to move its offices from Chapel Hill to… READ MORE

May 26, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (May 26, 2022) – Across the UNC System, most classes barely touch on politics, and most professors are fair-minded when they raise political subjects. Yet students are still reluctant to share their views on contentious topics, and conservative students are especially nervous about being ostracized for their political beliefs. Those… READ MORE

May 18, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 3 Comments

RALEIGH (May 18, 2022) – As the NC General Assembly reconvenes today with a $6.2 billion state budget surplus, it’s time to make education a priority again in North Carolina. Officials announced last week that the state will take in $4.24 billion more than projected in the budget year that ends June 30 – a… READ MORE

May 18, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (May 18, 2022) – It’s 2022. And even amid an economy that demands educated workers, North Carolina still has a rule that creates a barrier to higher education for an entire class of people. Undocumented students brought here by their parents – even if they grow up in North Carolina and graduate from a… READ MORE

May 18, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

NEW YORK (May 9, 2022) – With the selection of Susan Jaffe as the new artistic director of the American Ballet Theatre, Jaffe’s career with the prestigious company has come full circle. We’re just glad eight years of that circle were spent as Dean of the School of Dance at the UNC School of the… READ MORE

May 11, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (May 11, 2022) – Everyone was so excited last November – legislators and the governor agreed on the first state budget in three years, and it included raises of 5% over two years for state employees. But now – as the N.C. General Assembly plans to reconvene May 18 – we’re looking at 8.5%… READ MORE