WILKESBORO (April 14, 2022) –  It all started with the campus gardens. And oh, how it’s blossomed. What started in 1988 as a one-time fundraiser for campus landscaping at Wilkes Community ...

WILKESBORO (April 14, 2022) – Community colleges benefit their communities in all sorts of ways. But for the past 34 years, MerleFest has benefited Wilkes County and surrounding communities in ...

CULLOWHEE (April 7, 2022) – We’re all feeling the bite of inflation.1 Our universities are, too. And despite a state budget that granted 5% raises over two years to university employees ...

CHAPEL HILL (April 7, 2022) – A certain two-time graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill says it’s time to take another look at how the University is governed. “This hallowed place was built ...

RALEIGH (March 30, 2022) – It’s shameful. North Carolina’s community colleges are a linchpin of economic development and social mobility in our state. Yet what we pay instructors at those colleges ...

(CHAPEL HILL) March 25, 2022 – The rest of the media didn’t seem to notice, but the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was recently ranked the top public ...

WINSTON-SALEM (March 25, 2022) – Linda Garrou was one of the boys. But then again, she wasn’t. Garrou, who died suddenly last week at 79,1 was first and foremost an advocate ...

RALEIGH – In this beautiful short film, Debra Rezeli, Higher Ed Works’ Engagement Director, and her husband Jeff hike, paddle and bike the 1,175-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail across North Carolina. Watch film ...

RALEIGH (March 23, 2022) – NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson knows the importance of community colleges – the state’s 58 colleges send NC State about 1,000 students a year. “Community ...

RALEIGH (March 23, 2022) – Jim and Ann Goodnight understand the value of community-college students who transfer to universities. The Goodnight Scholars Program that they launched in 2008 is NC State ...