In the 1950s, officials told the mothers of North Carolina that if they didn’t support the nascent Research Triangle Park, their sons would move up north and marry Yankees and ...

CHAPEL HILL — In the largest donation ever to UNC-Chapel Hill, pharmaceutical executive Fred Eshelman is giving $100 million to the School of Pharmacy that already bears his name. “We must ...

When he first went to the NC School of Science and Mathematics in 11th grade, Ryan O’Donnell didn’t become a techie – he became a humanist. But for O’Donnell, that wasn’t an either/or ...

Engineering majors are in high demand. According to data from the Census Bureauand Payscale.com, graduates in engineering can expect some of the best starting salaries and lifetime earnings of all college graduates. According ...

A well-educated workforce is a prime consideration when companies make decisions around opening, relocating or expanding their operations. This sampling of headlines from around North Carolina highlights the powerful connection between higher ...

Former GlaxoSmithKline CEO and Chairman Robert Ingram feels that North Carolina Community College graduates are well-prepared for the state’s ever-growing pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing job market. Ingram explains that this was ...

How important is a college degree when getting a job? In 2012, the unemployment rate for people with a 4-year college degree is a whopping 7 points lower than the ...

North Carolina’s constitution includes an unusual provision that requires the state legislature to provide North Carolinians with a college education for “as far as practicable … free of expense.”  John Sanders, ...

Fifty-five years ago, Research Triangle Park was nothing more than pine forest and a vague idea. Today, it has become the largest, most successful research park in the country. As CEO ...