By Brad Wilson There is not much use debating the value of preventive health care. Science and data show us that it’s better for our physical, emotional and financial health to ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – At an event co-sponsored by Higher Education Works and the Harvard Club, state Sen. Jeff Tarte shares a real-life example of “student swirl” – the rotation ...

In this video interview, University of North Carolina President Tom Ross reacts to a projection that the United States won’t have enough college graduates to fill the available jobs. “If we ...

Excerpts from 2015 Commencement Remarks UNC-Chapel Hill | Jason Kilar, co-founder and former CEO of Hulu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLbP7WUGiBI Kilar’s deeply personal address dwelled on some of the hardest times in his own life, and ...

The Great Recession required sacrifices across the country. Households cut spending, state governments trimmed their budgets, and public universities in almost every state saw significant cuts. North Carolina was no exception. ...

Higher Education Works and the Harvard Club of the Research Triangle sponsored a forum on the future of public higher education in North Carolina recently at Research Triangle Park’s headquarters. ...

In Defense of a Liberal Education.  By Fareed Zakaria.  W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. By Eric Johnson At first blush, Fareed Zakaria seems an odd champion of the ever-beleaguered liberal arts. ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The state’s top college and university leaders, along with elected officials on both sides of the aisle, took the stage Wednesday night to affirm higher education’s ...

It’s a good start. Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled a proposal last week for $3 billion in bonds – $1.5 billion for highways and $1.5 billion for infrastructure, including $500 million for ...

By Gary M. Green President, Forsyth Technical Community College WINSTON-SALEM – In 2008, North Carolina, and the entire country, entered the most difficult economic period since the Great Depression.  The colleges of ...