In addition to the award for Lindsay Recchie from NC State University, employees at several other UNC system campuses were recognized Tuesday with the Governor’s Award for Excellence: Lebra Nance of UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering “radiates positivity” and treats students as if they are her own children, her coworkers and former… READ MORE
What makes Carolina great – and greater?
CHAPEL HILL – What makes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill great? “It’s just a joyful place,” Chancellor Carol Folt says in the accompanying video. “When the students are here, the energy and buzz on this campus is just amazing. “The research here is phenomenal. It is a biomedical juggernaut for the nation…. READ MORE
Not just getting in, but getting out – with a degree
North Carolinians have long insisted that access and affordability are essential to higher education in our state. That’s true, but increasingly, completion is just as important – not just getting into a university, but getting out with a degree. In their new book Lesson Plan, former college presidents William Bowen (Princeton) and Michael McPherson (Macalester)… READ MORE
REVIEW: Real reform will take real investment
Matching Students to Opportunity: Expanding College Choice, Access, & Quality Edited by Andrew P. Kelly, Jessica S. Howell, and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj Harvard Education Press, 2016. By Eric Johnson Contributing Editor Our country leaves a lot of talent on the table. That’s the overwhelming message of Matching Students to Opportunity, a wonky tome of higher education… READ MORE
UNC-CH financial aid “the heart of who we are”
CHAPEL HILL – Access and affordability are hallmarks at UNC Chapel Hill – so much so that Chancellor Carol Folt refers to them as “part of our DNA.”1 “We do make financial aid a priority here,” Stephen Farmer, the University’s Vice Chancellor for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions, says in the accompanying video. “… Financial aid… READ MORE
A Covenant with low-income students
CHAPEL HILL – More than a decade ago, UNC-Chapel Hill was the first public university in America to guarantee low-income students they could graduate with no debt. “The Carolina Covenant is our promise to low-income students that if they work hard, they play by the rules … we’ll make it possible for them to come… READ MORE
UNCSA: “Folks are not going to relocate … for 50% less”
WINSTON-SALEM – The UNC School of the Arts wins high praise – not just as an arts school, but as a degree-granting university. Yet salaries for its teachers fall far short of those at the schools with which it competes. USA Today College recently ranked the School of the Arts 7th-best among 51 colleges and… READ MORE
UNCSA: A hive of cultural energy
WINSTON-SALEM – When Susan Ruskin came to the UNC School of the Arts, she found a hive of cultural energy. “I found it to be a place that was extremely exciting to me from the first minute that I walked on the campus,” Ruskin, a former Hollywood producer who’s now Dean of UNCSA’s School of… READ MORE
Know it – and communicate it
WINSTON-SALEM – Instructors in the arts need to know their field – but they also need to know how to communicate it to students, which can be a different challenge altogether. “At the end of the day, our job is to prepare students for professional careers in the arts,” UNC School of the Arts Interim… READ MORE
McColl: Community colleges touch more people
CHARLOTTE – The man who built Bank of America says North Carolina’s community colleges have been vital to the state’s business community – and to his own career. Community colleges serve as “a tremendous adjunct” to the university system, because they allow “working people to get an education that they otherwise might not get,” Hugh… READ MORE
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