By Teresa Williams Former Chair, WCU Board of Trustees When Dr. David O. Belcher swept into our lives in 2011, the Western Carolina University family saw only a glimmer of the powerhouse he would soon reveal himself to be. Seen then as the highly energetic, personable and visionary new chancellor coming to campus, he quickly… READ MORE
MBA@UNC takes Chapel Hill to you
CHAPEL HILL – MBA@UNC, the online MBA offered by the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, has been ranked among the best in the nation by various publications. But its students certainly aren’t limited to this nation. UNC Kenan-Flagler has had students attend class from aircraft carriers, while fighting pirates in Africa, on deployment… READ MORE
Spellings: Technology can help us do the job
CHAPEL HILL – The President of the University of North Carolina System wants to see more students take advantage of online course offerings to complete their degrees and graduate on time – wherever they are. “One of the tools we’re going to have to use more vigorously and more powerfully is technology-based education,” UNC System… READ MORE
ECU: Leader in online education
GREENVILLE – If there’s one institution in the UNC System that’s led the way in online education, it’s East Carolina University. “We are the leader in distance learning in the state of North Carolina,” Dr. Regis Gilman, Executive Director of Continuing Studies at ECU, says in the accompanying video. “We’ve been doing it for a… READ MORE
Video: Kristi Gaddis – Teacher and Administrator Shortages
“The spoils will go to the better-educated”
NEW YORK (May 31, 2018) – Policymakers and college leaders from the across the country took the stage last week at The New York Times’ Higher Education Leaders Forum. UNC System President Margaret Spellings helped set the agenda during a morning panel about declining public trust in colleges and universities. She called for stronger accountability measures… READ MORE
Budget stokes “engine of opportunity for every North Carolinian”
RALEIGH – Raises for public school teachers and state employees are welcome, as is money to accommodate growing numbers of university students. So higher education leaders praised the 2018-19 state budget adopted last week by the NC General Assembly. The budget “builds on the UNC System’s strongest budget in a decade and provides an additional… READ MORE
“Not there without Crosby”
WINSTON-SALEM – If there’s a model for helping young North Carolinians get interested, get into and get through college – and yes, get it paid for – it’s the Crosby Scholars Partners program. Begun in 1992 by organizers of The CROSBY National Celebrity Golf Tournament and sponsored initially by Sara Lee Corporation, the program asks… READ MORE
Rural broadband can help close the “homework gap”
RALEIGH (May 29, 2018) – The NC Rural Center hears regularly from rural parents who park outside a local library or fast-food joint until 9 or 10 p.m. on weeknights – just so their children can get a WiFi signal and do their homework. “They’ve got a laptop…. They just don’t have that Internet,” declared… READ MORE
Video: Kristi Gaddis – Financial and Scholarship Aid
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