- Duke President: “We need … a great public university system”DURHAM – Duke likes UNC? Yes, Duke University President Richard Brodhead says in the accompanying video. It might not be evident from sports rivalries, but Duke supports and enjoys a collegial ...Read more
- Great athletics: “An image of excellence”DURHAM – Duke University President Richard Brodhead doesn’t want UNC to be bad at basketball. “When people play sports against each other, the idea isn’t that you want to be good ...Read more
- UNC plan: Higher education a goal for all studentsAnyone who thinks UNC System President Margaret Spellings isn’t serious about higher education access and affordability needs to take a look at the University’s new strategic plan. The plan aims to ...Read more
- A red state that values higher edNorth Carolina might not have a whole lot in common with Wyoming, but it does share one thing: A requirement in its state constitution to keep university tuition as low ...Read more
- UNC 2050: An educated populace critical to succeedWILMINGTON – By 2050, rapidly growing Southeastern North Carolina could have 600,000 people – and the state as a whole could have 15 million, Chancellor Jose “Zito” Sartarelli says. As demands ...Read more
- NCGAP – Still a flawed ideaRALEIGH – Once again, the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy is pushing a flawed idea – a deferred admission plan at state universities that legislators agreed to ...Read more
- Spellings: Expect the extraordinaryNorth Carolina State University Commencement | December 16, 2016 Margaret Spellings People are capable of extraordinary things when we expect it of them. That has been a guiding belief of my life ...Read more
- Hurricane-affected UNC institutions give back to communityCourtesy of UNC@Work Like much of eastern North Carolina, UNC campuses suffered major disruption in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. Several campuses closed for more than a week, with students sent ...Read more
- Spellings: Higher education “a new civil right”CHAPEL HILL (October 13, 2016) – At her inauguration today, the 18th president of the University of North Carolina system left no doubt about her view on access to a ...Read more
- Lindsay’s giftBy David Rice Higher Education Works Foundation RALEIGH (Sept. 28, 2016) – Last October 30, Kevin Howell knew something wasn’t right. He’d had several bouts of nausea. He’d noticed an annoying metallic ...Read more