RALEIGH (March 14, 2019) – The fact that average pay for North Carolina teachers now ranks 29th in the country is welcome news – the National Education Association released figures this week that show the state’s teachers now make an average of $53,975.1 Yes, we can quibble over averages: How particularly in a growing state,… READ MORE
A conversation with Carol Folt
CHAPEL HILL – Former UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt spent time with the Higher Education Works Foundation recently to reflect on her six years as chancellor and what the future holds for Carolina. She recited her proudest moments – graduations, national championships and a world championship in the form of a Nobel Prize…. She also… READ MORE
Adviser Spotlight: Ka’Rin Long
Ka’Rin Long is a first-year adviser serving with the Carolina College Advising Corps at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She serves at A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis City Schools. In this video, she discusses her own academic journey and the thrill of seeing students’ faces when they are accepted into college.
UNC is at a crossroads
EDITOR’S NOTE: Last week, a group of North Carolina business, civic, philanthropic and education leaders posted an open letter to those who govern the University of North Carolina System seeking reform of University governance. We reprint their letter here. To those who govern the University of North Carolina: The University of North Carolina is at… READ MORE
N.C. A&T’s partnerships with community colleges
GREENSBORO – Like many universities, North Carolina A&T State University is seeing increasing numbers of students choose to start at a community college, then transfer to N.C. A&T. In the accompanying video, Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. says Guilford Technical Community College is one of N.C. A&T’s biggest partners; the university also recently announced a… READ MORE
N.C. A&T’s partnerships with UNCG
GREENSBORO – Some critics of public universities worry there’s too much duplication across campuses. Those folks need to take a look at all the collaborations between North Carolina A&T State University and UNC Greensboro. “With UNC Greensboro, we have a number of initiatives,” Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. of N.C. A&T says in the accompanying… READ MORE
Making it Work with UNC’s Board
By Mary Sue Coleman, PhD President, Association of American Universities As a proud alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), I have watched with dismay as the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) has plunged one of the world’s most respected institutions of higher learning into a crisis. This is the institution… READ MORE
myFutureNC: 2 million North Carolinians
RALEIGH (Feb. 20, 2019) – With buy-in from all sectors of education, the business community, the governor and legislative leaders, the myFutureNC Commission announced an ambitious goal today: 2 million North Carolinians ages 25-44 with a postsecondary credential or degree by 2030. Currently, just 1.3 million North Carolinians in that age group – or 49%… READ MORE
Video: Governor Roy Cooper – Free Community College
Rural needs urban, and urban needs rural
RALEIGH (Feb. 11, 2019) – Yes, rural North Carolinians are statistically older, poorer, sicker and less-educated than their urban counterparts. But the differences and the oft-bemoaned rural-urban divide aren’t always stark. “We prefer to think about the connections,” Chancellor Randy Woodson of NC State University said Monday as he opened the Institute for Emerging Issues’… READ MORE
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