- Vote for those who support public schoolsRALEIGH (October 31, 2024) – North Carolina’s public schools are hurting. But you can make a difference when you vote in the coming days. Here are factors to keep in mind ...Read more
- Local taxes increasing? Talk to your state legislatorsBy Public Schools First October 26, 2024 During elections this year, voters in a number of counties will be asked to vote on local tax increases. Some, such as Union County ...Read more
- Roberts: Grow UNC-CH to reflect NC’s dynamic growthCHAPEL HILL (October 23, 2024) – Does the university Charles Kuralt labeled “The University of the People” need more people? Even before he became permanent chancellor, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts ...Read more
- Roberts: We need more engineersCHAPEL HILL (October 23, 2024) – When a proposed budget from the state House included $8 million in June to launch a College of Applied Science and Technology – in ...Read more
- Roberts on AI: ‘The most important technological development’CHAPEL HILL (October 23, 2024) – We all wonder how artificial intelligence will affect our lives. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts wonders how it will affect the life of the university. Of ...Read more
- Roberts on UNC physical plan: ‘You’re never done’CHAPEL HILL (October 23, 2024) – UNC-Chapel Hill wants to grow its enrollment. At the same time, it has historic, 200-year-old buildings to maintain. That’s a challenge. One of the four working ...Read more
- Helene’s damage to UNC System: “Nothing catastrophic”RALEIGH (October 17, 2024) – Hurricane Helene inflicted tens of millions of dollars of damage on UNC System schools, but “nothing catastrophic,” UNC System officials said today. Jennifer Haygood, the System’s ...Read more
- NC Promise works. General Assembly doesn’t. Keep the Promise.RALEIGH (October 18, 2024) – NC Promise – which promises $500-a-semester tuition at four UNC System campuses – appears to be working. The North Carolina General Assembly – which failed to ...Read more
- Roberts: What an extraordinary institutionCHAPEL HILL (October 11, 2024) – As he prepared for his formal installation today, we asked UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts what he’s learned about the university during his time ...Read more
- Roberts on DEI: ‘Carolina is a place for everybody.’CHAPEL HILL (October 11, 2024) – Court and governing-board decisions about diversity on campus seem headed a particular way at UNC-Chapel Hill. But the university’s new chancellor says the university ...Read more