- A new Martin at N.C. A&T: ‘We’re about excellence’GREENSBORO (June 21, 2024) – As a civil engineering professor, James R. Martin II’s research focus was earthquake preparedness. That might well have prepared him to deal with the shifting landscape ...Read more
- House budget: A gesture to helpRALEIGH (June 20, 2024) – At least the state House is making an effort. At a stalemate in budget negotiations with the state Senate, the 2024-25 budget Republican leaders in the ...Read more
- School choice? Or schools’ choice?EDITOR’S NOTE: Public Ed Works shares this through a collaboration with our friends at the Public School Forum of North Carolina. Please note the statistics below on how many private ...Read more
- Chain of command: Chancellor answers to UNC PresidentRALEIGH (June 13, 2024) – After UNC Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees voted last month to transfer $2.3 million from Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs to public safety, UNC System ...Read more
- Run government like a business? Pay attention to DEIRALEIGH (June 13, 2024) – News Item: “Across U.S. corporations, 72% of C-suite and HR leaders intend to increase their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the next ...Read more
- Lee Roberts: ‘We don’t have a more important institution’CHAPEL HILL (June 6, 2024) – After clashes with protesters and a “symbolic” vote by trustees to transfer funds out of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, “What I say is ...Read more
- Dixon to lead NCCU; what next for ECSU?RALEIGH (June 6, 2024) – Karrie Dixon oversaw what the UNC System president calls a “remarkable renaissance” at Elizabeth City State University. Now she’ll try to do the same at NC ...Read more
- NC State’s Yencho: Impacts both local and globalRALEIGH (May 30, 2024) – Those sweet potato fries you had the other night? Odds are Craig Yencho had a hand in them. Yencho was recognized by the UNC Board of ...Read more
- Homecoming for a new WSSU chancellorWINSTON-SALEM (May 30, 2024) – Winston-Salem State University’s new chancellor is no stranger. As a little girl in a red-and-white dress, she even twirled a baton in WSSU’s homecoming parade. “I ...Read more
- UNCSA Chancellor: Committed to a sense of belongingEDITOR’S NOTE: The following was UNC School of the Arts Chancellor Brian Cole’s message to the UNCSA community after last week’s vote on a new diversity and inclusion policy by ...Read more