- UNCG/GTCC/ACC: Building expectations for a 4-year degreeGREENSBORO – There are fancy names for the partnerships UNC Greensboro announced last week to make it easier for students from Guilford Technical Community College and Alamance Community College to ...Read more
- Another jolt to the systemRALEIGH (Aug. 2, 2017) – The sudden departure of NC Community College System President Jimmie Williamson1 is yet another jolt to North Carolina higher education systems that have seen their ...Read more
- Economist challenges business rankings based on tax cutsIOWA CITY, Iowa – A recent report in the Winston-Salem Journal1 highlighted the work of an Iowa economist who challenges popular business-climate rankings that give disproportionate weight to tax cuts. State ...Read more
- Just how unusual is the UNC Civil Rights Center?CHAPEL HILL (July 26, 2017) – With a UNC Board of Governors committee poised to act next week on a proposal to forbid the UNC Center for Civil Rights to ...Read more
- “That’s fine with us.”FAYETTEVILLE – Fayetteville State University Chancellor James Anderson dismisses any suggestion that there’s something wrong with starting out at a community college. “One of the misperceptions about the relationship between a ...Read more
- Community colleges: Crucial in multiple waysRALEIGH – They’re the Swiss Army knife of higher ed: Whether it’s preparing students to attend a four-year institution, training for a trade or training customized for a local employer, community ...Read more
- UNCSA lifts the spirit – and the economyBy M. Lindsay Bierman Chancellor University of North Carolina School of the Arts WINSTON-SALEM – Money can’t buy happiness, but it buys plenty of movies and music, theatre tickets and concert passes, good ...Read more
- Fayetteville State: New definition of an HBCUFAYETTEVILLE – Yes, Fayetteville State University considers itself a Historically Black College and University. But the definition of an HBCU is expanding, Chancellor James Anderson says in the accompanying video. “We like to ...Read more
- FSU: “Necessary in their life”FAYETTEVILLE – Chancellor James Anderson readily acknowledges an interdependence between Fayetteville State University and the surrounding community. The university is certainly a local economic driver – one study found it produces an ...Read more
- Graduate from FSU in one year – at 18?FAYETTEVILLE – Chancellor James Anderson wants more students like Mikayla Raines and more faculty members like Dr. Carole Weatherford. Anderson likes to highlight exceptional students and faculty at Fayetteville State University. In ...Read more