- ROSS: Ensure Spellings’ success
By Thomas W. Ross President Emeritus University of North Carolina System Almost every day, someone asks me how I feel about Margaret Spellings as my successor. After acknowledging that I would have preferred ...Read more - Welcome, President SpellingsBy Paul Fulton and Brad Wilson Co-Chairs Higher Education Works The Higher Education Works family of organizations extends a warm North Carolina welcome to Margaret Spellings, who assumes office today as President of ...Read more
- Connect NC and NC Community CollegesIf voters approve on March 15, North Carolina’s community colleges plan to use proceeds from the Connect NC bond package to help students fill jobs in each community they serve. The ...Read more
- RALLS: Welding students to profitable careers^ After a year of unemployment, Brandi Hilliard of Concord participated three days a week in the Back-to-Work program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College to learn welding and pipefitting. She soon ...Read more
- UNC Charlotte Chancellor: ‘A sense of urgency’ to March 15 bond voteBy Philip L. Dubois Chancellor, UNC Charlotte UNC Charlotte’s interest in the bond issue is a proposed $90 million science facility that is crucial to ensuring our continuing ability to respond to ...Read more
- JIM WOODWARD: Public universities exist to serve the public goodBy Jim Woodward Chancellor Emeritus, UNC Charlotte The mission of the 17-campus University of North Carolina can be summarized with the following statement: Public universities exist to serve the public good. This goal is pursued ...Read more
- At NCCU, a tradition – and a future – of economic energyDURHAM – A century ago, part of downtown Durham was known as “the Black Wall Street” because of the economic energy generated by companies like North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance ...Read more
- SPELLINGS: “Affordability, accessibility, accountability and quality”GREENSBORO – At a retreat last week of the Board of Governors that oversees the University of North Carolina system, President-Elect Margaret Spellings laid out her vision for the university ...Read more
- BCG: “Biggest asset… has lost some direction and luster”At the request of University of North Carolina President-Elect Margaret Spellings, the university system hired The Boston Consulting Group to conduct an organizational assessment. After interviews with 140 stakeholders across the ...Read more
- Fayetteville State Science Building: “We have a choice.”FAYETTEVILLE – The Lyons Science Complex at Fayetteville State University was built in 1981, the same year IBM introduced its first personal computer. That PC weighed 28 lbs — without ...Read more
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