- Fayetteville State receives $1 million to help retain and graduate students
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (February 12, 2015) – Students who learn differently will have access to an array of academic supports through a new program at Fayetteville State University (FSU) called Bronco STAR ...Read more - Commentary: Teacher shortage? Pay them.
North Carolina faces a looming crisis – a shortage of teachers. But putting and keeping great teachers in the classroom isn’t rocket science. Pay them. Gov. Pat McCrory likes to point out ...Read more - Paul Fulton on Dean Smith
WINSTON-SALEM – I’ve known Dean Smith since his early days at Carolina in the 1960s. Dean was really all about his players – their wellbeing and their future. So I got ...Read more - Richmond Fed President: Education Pays
RALEIGH, NC — On the second day of the 2015 Emerging Issues Forum hosted by N.C. State University, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond delivered a resounding call ...Read more - UNCW Researcher Launches Seafood Safety Startup
Raleigh, NC — The 2015 Emerging Issues Forum is highlighting ways to build North Carolina’s innovation economy, including a strong focus on the state’s public colleges and universities. On Monday, UNC ...Read more - University Spinoffs Turn Research Into Revenue
North Carolina public universities brought in nearly $1.3 billion in outside research funding last year, and state policymakers want to see more of that research turned into job-creating companies. “We’ve got ...Read more - Fitness program helps people with MS, WSSU students
WINSTON-SALEM – A young man’s vision and collaboration with the Department of Physical Therapy at Winston-Salem State University and the Gateway YWCA have come together to form MSfit, a free ...Read more - UNC board on teacher supply: “We have a crisis”
CARY – Leaders of the state’s public universities, community colleges and public schools gathered here Jan. 27 to confront a sharp decline in the supply of teachers in North Carolina. “I’m ...Read more - Years Without Raises Lead to Campus Brain Drain
Weakened by years without raises for instructors, North Carolina’s public universities are losing the war for faculty talent. In the past two years, 3 out of 4 faculty members who received ...Read more - WCU: The Shining Light in the West
The story of Western Carolina University – the story of an affordable, welcoming university in the mountains that prepares its students to succeed and to serve – is one that ...Read more










