RALEIGH (December 21, 2022) – Our team at Higher Ed Works wishes you the warmest of holiday seasons and appreciation for all those around us, including those we don’t always ...

RALEIGH (December 15, 2022) – Governing boards of North Carolina’s public universities should reflect the state’s diversity of race, geography, gender and political thought, Gov. Roy Cooper told a commission ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: On Friday, the North Carolina Society of New York honored Higher Ed Works founder and chair Paul Fulton at its annual Dinner Dance. Since 1947, the Society has recognized 79 honorees, including ...

RALEIGH (December 1, 2022) – Two former Presidents of the UNC System who will lead a commission to assess the System’s governing structure say the panel will examine models across ...

RALEIGH (November 23, 2022) – After years of turnover in leadership and political interference in the UNC System, Gov. Roy Cooper named members of his Commission on the Governance of ...

By Dr. Laura B. LeatherwoodPresident, Blue Ridge Community College FLAT ROCK (November 23, 2022) – Educational institutions serve as a vital pipeline that feed much-needed talent into our health care system. ...

GREENVILLE (November 17, 2022) – For the first time in nine years, the UNC System saw enrollment decline this fall, according to a new report. Because public universities currently receive state ...

RALEIGH (November 10, 2022) – In the aftermath of Tuesday’s elections, partisan balance in North Carolina hangs by a one-vote thread. Republicans won the 3/5 supermajority they need in the NC ...

RALEIGH (November 10, 2022) – A particular disappointment in election results Tuesday was Rep. Ricky Hurtado’s loss of his state House seat in Alamance County. The 2020 census revealed that Hispanics ...

RALEIGH (November 9, 2022) – We now know how long it takes the NC Supreme Court to lose patience with “recalcitrant” state legislators who refuse to fully fund public education ...