CHAPEL HILL – Attracting and keeping the best instructors to teach university students is an ongoing battle, Interim UNC System President William L. Roper says. “We have a great university system in North Carolina. We have outstanding faculty. And universities, colleges all over America know that. They’re trying to raid our faculty to go elsewhere,”… READ MORE
Substantial UNC capital needs
CHAPEL HILL – The 17-campus University of North Carolina System has at least a $3 billion backlog of postponed building repairs and renovations. The System could use the N.C. General Assembly’s help figuring out how to catch up on that deferred maintenance over the next 10 years, Interim UNC President William L. Roper says in… READ MORE
Adviser Spotlight: Arbre’ya Lewis
Arbre’ya Lewis is a first-year adviser serving with the Duke University College Advising Corps at Riverside High School in Durham Public Schools. By Arbre’ya LewisCollege Advising Corps DURHAM – I graduated from Duke University on Mother’s Day in 2018. I believe there could have been no better day for me to receive my degree —… READ MORE
Mourning with Charlotte
CHARLOTTE – It’s not just another day in America. We join the UNC Charlotte community in mourning the loss of life Tuesday of two students. We hope for the recovery of the four students who were injured and healing of the entire UNC Charlotte community. We join schools across the nation in feeling the loss of… READ MORE
Reward all our teachers
RALEIGH (May 2, 2019) – The 2019-21 state budget the N.C. House is moving to approve this week continues to award healthy raises to K-12 teachers and makes some strategic investments in higher education, especially in the area of capital. But it doesn’t do nearly enough for our public colleges’ and universities’ human capital. House… READ MORE
Cable to be installed today as Chancellor of UNC Asheville
ASHEVILLE – Dr. Nancy J. Cable will be installed as the eighth Chancellor of UNC Asheville in ceremonies that begin at 3 p.m. today. Cable is a nationally recognized leader in higher education, educational access, financial aid and affordability, and liberal arts and sciences curricula. She has held leadership positions at Denison University, Guilford College,… READ MORE
Liberal arts part of the equation
Yes, jobs in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields are important these days. But it’s also important to remember the liberal arts are still part of that equation. Employers say they want workers who have critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills.1 Those are skills imparted by a broad, liberal-arts education. First, when we talk… READ MORE
Woodson: ‘Lives that will be transformed’
RALEIGH – NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson sees the power of higher education every day. In the accompanying video, Woodson shares the story of a student who worked hard to become the first in his family to go to college and to be admitted to NC State’s College of Engineering – then his mother… READ MORE
Woodson: Seamless transfer from community college
RALEIGH – All 16 universities in the University of North Carolina System are trying to smooth transfers from North Carolina’s community colleges. “All of us are working hard on seamless transfers from the Community College System,” NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson says in the accompanying video. NC State works in a number of ways… READ MORE
Basnight’s vision
MANTEO – The dedication recently of the new Marc Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet1 brings to mind the visionary former state Senate leader’s passion not just for the Outer Banks, but for higher education. Partly because he didn’t go to college himself and considered it a shortcoming, Basnight became an ardent supporter of the University… READ MORE
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