- WSSU poised to increase pipeline of minority scientistsWINSTON-SALEM – African-Americans account for 12% of the U.S. population, yet only 5% of the people who work in science and engineering.1 Winston-Salem State University intends to do something about that ...Read more
- VIDEO: More people need more doctorsCHAPEL HILL – North Carolina is now the nation’s 9th-most populous state – and more people need more doctors. One-third of the state’s physicians are expected to retire in the next ...Read more
- BONDS: North Carolina’s good at this!Fifteen years have passed since North Carolinians overwhelmingly approved $3.1 billion in higher-education bonds in 2000. With support from 70 percent of voters and a majority in all 100 North Carolina ...Read more
- Faculty Assembly panel: Higher Ed remains vital in NCCHAPEL HILL (January 15, 2016) – At a statewide gathering of university faculty, Higher Education Works Executive Director David Rice said the public too often misses the link between reductions ...Read more
- UNCG Chancellor: “We need those workers.”GREENSBORO – The Connect NC bonds on the ballot in the March 15 primary election will help connect real students with real jobs. “We’re turning away 140 qualified nursing students every ...Read more
- McCrory: With $2B in bonds, NC is “stepping up to the future”RALEIGH (Jan. 5, 2016) – Since North Carolina’s last bond referendum 15 years ago, 2 million people – the equivalent of the entire state of Nebraska – have moved to ...Read more
- Doubling down on a winning innovation at NCSSMWhen the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics was launched in 1980, it was a completely new experiment. No state had ever created a public boarding school centered on ...Read more
- VIDEO: “Teachers who … put us on a different path”GREENSBORO – It’s no secret – enrollment in teacher education has declined markedly across North Carolina’s public universities over the past five years. Yet nearly all of us can name a ...Read more
- New UNC-P business school would meet rising student demandPEMBROKE – Business education is on the upswing at UNC Pembroke. Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings said enrollment in business programs has ballooned over the past two years, reflecting students’ increased ...Read more
- Lagging university benefits: “That’s real money”CHAPEL HILL – Stagnant pay for University faculty and staff remains a major problem in North Carolina, hampering the state’s ability to hire and keep top-tier teachers and researchers. State lawmakers ...Read more