- A heartfelt thank-you for Margaret SpellingsCHAPEL HILL – A former president of the United States, two governors, a State House speaker and a former UNC president all took time Wednesday evening to thank President Margaret ...Read more
- Video: Dr. Jeff Cox – The Rural Brain Drain and His Personal JourneyDr. Jeff Cox President of Wilkes Community College addresses the question of the rural “brain drain”. He describes his personal journey and how, sometimes, the lack of good jobs can ...Read more
- A university with its hands tiedCHAPEL HILL – Hardly anyone seems satisfied with a plan UNC-Chapel Hill officials unveiled Monday to move the Silent Sam Confederate memorial to a new history center the University has ...Read more
- Hans: Maintaining community college access ‘a great thing’RALEIGH – As more and more communities recognize the necessity of education beyond high school, more and more are trying to make that education accessible by offering tuition-free community college. Tennessee ...Read more
- Gallup Poll finds North Carolinians value educationRALEIGH (Nov. 28, 2018) – North Carolinians think increased educational opportunity will help them and their state advance – yet they have substantial concerns about cost and access. Those are among ...Read more
- Video: Dr. Jeff Cox – Local High-Paying JobsDr. Jeff Cox President of Wilkes Community College describes which well-paying jobs are available in the area today and how they help prepare students for them.Read more
- WSSU & NASCAR: ‘What a great marriage’WINSTON-SALEM – At first it sounds unlikely – a historically black university training NASCAR team members? But it’s true: Winston-Salem State University, in fact, is the only public university in the ...Read more
- N.C. A&T’s impact in the communityGREENSBORO – To Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr., North Carolina A&T State University helps prepare an increasingly skilled workforce – in Greensboro, in the Piedmont Triad, in North Carolina and ...Read more
- Harry Smith: Strong universities battle urbanizationCHAPEL HILL – There’s plenty of hand-wringing these days over North Carolina’s rural-urban divide. But the chairman of the UNC System’s governing board sees a solution in the state’s colleges ...Read more
- Moss Street Partnership School ‘works in both directions’REIDSVILLE – Things are different this year at Moss Street Partnership School – just ask the kids. In 2016, the NC General Assembly asked UNC institutions to establish “lab schools” at ...Read more