RALEIGH (November 17, 2021) – UNC System leaders have launched an ambitious effort called Project Kitty Hawk to use online offerings to reach adult learners in North Carolina. The state budget released this week includes $97 million for the project, which involves creating a nonprofit organization that would provide a platform to offer online programs.1… READ MORE
RALEIGH (November 15, 2021) – Robb Leandro was an 8th-grader at West Hoke Middle School in 1994, when the lawsuit over funding for poor North Carolina school districts that bears his name was filed. Twenty-seven years later, he’s 42 years old, with a family and children of his own, and practices law in Raleigh.1 Burley… READ MORE
Each fall, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz co-teaches a seminar for graduate students – professors of the future – called ‘The American Professoriate.’ The class focuses on the role of public universities. This year, he teaches with Matt Springer and Buck Goldstein from the School of Education and Dean Suzanne Barbour of the Graduate… READ MORE
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (November 11, 2021) – As we struggle to emerge from one pandemic, RTI International is putting at least $5 million into an effort with researchers from four Triangle universities to confront the next one. As part of its Forethought Research Collaboration Challenge, the nonprofit research institute RTI challenged researchers last spring to… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (November 4, 2021) – When there aren’t many folks like yourself in your field, it helps to have some support. That’s what the LatinxEd Fellowship builds: A network of Latinx educators across North Carolina who share experiences and strategies through summer retreats, online workshops and webinars. “I feel like I’m seeing things unfold… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (November 4, 2021) – It’s so important to have someone who looks like you at the front of the class. That’s what the DREAM program – Diverse and Resilient Educators Advised through Mentorship – aims to provide in the Durham Public Schools. DREAM is a partnership between the School of Education at UNC-Chapel… READ MORE
By Buck Goldstein CHAPEL HILL (October 28, 2021) – In North Carolina, the relationship between the flagship public university and the state seems to be broken and getting worse. And that’s despite the good intentions of the chancellor, the chair of the faculty, and the leader of the Board of Trustees. Trust is at the… READ MORE
Each fall, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz co-teaches a seminar for graduate students – professors of the future – called ‘The American Professoriate.’ The class focuses on the role of public universities. This year, he teaches with Matt Springer and Buck Goldstein from the School of Education and Dean Suzanne Barbour of the Graduate… READ MORE
RALEIGH (October 28, 2021) Higher Ed Works board members are the best. We are deeply appreciative of their support, and without them could not have achieved our goals. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our board members as we welcome four new members: Millie Tan is a seasoned marketing executive… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (October 21, 2021) – The college admission process is complicated as it is. Just imagine trying to navigate it in a new language: Acronyms like SAT, ACT and FAFSA1 to translate. Schedules for new tests and varying deadlines for applications to different schools. Those are just some of the barriers the children of… READ MORE
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