- ECONOMIC DRIVER: Higher Ed pumps $63.5B into NC economyRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (Feb. 18, 2015) – Higher education pumps $63.5 billiona year and more than 1 million jobs into North Carolina’s economy, according to an independent economic group’s analysis released ...Read more
- Bandwidth CEO: NC Higher Ed A BlessingDavid Morken is the Co-Founder and CEO of rapidly growing mobile phone provider Bandwidth, headquartered on NC State University’s Centennial Campus. In an interview, Morken discusses why the company moved from ...Read more
- Pay attention and speak up, or we will lose something we cannot soon replaceDr. Mitchell Simpson, Pastor, University Baptist Church An Open Letter from a Chapel Hill pastor to his congregation: If you’re not alarmed over the future of academic freedom at UNC, you’re not ...Read more
- McCrory budget: Economy’s up, but another cut for universitiesAs Gov. Pat McCrory likes to point out, North Carolina is now the 9th most-populous state in the nation. Our state is growing by 276 people a day. North Carolina’s economy is ...Read more
- ROSS: Higher ed cuts come at a priceRALEIGH (March 10, 2015) – Tom Ross, President of the University of North Carolina system, issued a sharp warning today about declining support for public higher education in North Carolina and ...Read more
- UNC Chancellor: “Economic Impact of UNC Has Never Been Greater.”In a video interview with Higher Education Works, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt discusses the statewide economic impact of the flagship campus and points to very specific benefits for both ...Read more
- Community Colleges the “Unsung Heroes” of NC Higher Ed, Bandwidth CEO saysDavid Morken, Co-Founder and CEO of rapidly growing mobile phone provider Bandwidth, discusses community colleges as the “unsung heroes” of higher education in North Carolina.Read more
- UNC-CH Chancellor: “I’m Going to See an Increase in Online Education”UNC-CH Chancellor Carol Folt talks about the potential impact of technology and online education on the future of teaching.Read more
- NC public universities offer 300 degrees, 2,000 courses online21,000 students pursue degrees entirely online North Carolina’s public universities have become major players in the world of online education. In the last academic year, almost 4 in 10 public University students ...Read more
- ROSS: The Future of Higher Education in the United StatesRemarks of UNC President Thomas W. Ross The Future of Higher Education in the United States Raleigh City Club National Public Affairs Forum March 10, 2015 Thank you A.P. I really appreciate your kind ...Read more