- Not just getting in, but getting out – with a degreeNorth Carolinians have long insisted that access and affordability are essential to higher education in our state. That’s true, but increasingly, completion is just as important – not just getting ...Read more
- REVIEW: Real reform will take real investmentMatching Students to Opportunity: Expanding College Choice, Access, & Quality Edited by Andrew P. Kelly, Jessica S. Howell, and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj Harvard Education Press, 2016. By Eric Johnson Contributing Editor Our country leaves a lot ...Read more
- UNC-CH financial aid “the heart of who we are”CHAPEL HILL – Access and affordability are hallmarks at UNC Chapel Hill – so much so that Chancellor Carol Folt refers to them as “part of our DNA.”1 “We do make ...Read more
- A Covenant with low-income studentsCHAPEL HILL – More than a decade ago, UNC-Chapel Hill was the first public university in America to guarantee low-income students they could graduate with no debt. “The Carolina Covenant is ...Read more
- UNCSA: “Folks are not going to relocate … for 50% less”WINSTON-SALEM – The UNC School of the Arts wins high praise – not just as an arts school, but as a degree-granting university. Yet salaries for its teachers fall far short ...Read more
- UNCSA: A hive of cultural energyWINSTON-SALEM – When Susan Ruskin came to the UNC School of the Arts, she found a hive of cultural energy. “I found it to be a place that was extremely exciting ...Read more
- Know it – and communicate itWINSTON-SALEM – Instructors in the arts need to know their field – but they also need to know how to communicate it to students, which can be a different challenge ...Read more
- McColl: Community colleges touch more peopleCHARLOTTE – The man who built Bank of America says North Carolina’s community colleges have been vital to the state’s business community – and to his own career. Community colleges serve ...Read more
- U.S. lags in a global competition for talentAcross the world, countries from Norway to Japan have been making generational leaps in college completion. In Ireland, barely 24% in the 55-64 age group have earned a degree after high ...Read more
- McColl: UNC Charlotte “hugely important to our city”CHARLOTTE – The former chief of Bank of America knows how integral UNC Charlotte has been to the growth of his bank and the entire Charlotte region. In the accompanying video, ...Read more