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NC makes gains toward 2M by 2030 attainment goal

February 21, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (February 21, 2025) – North Carolina set an ambitious goal in 2019 to have 2 million citizens ages 25-44 with high-quality credentials or postsecondary degrees by 2030. Several years in – and after a global pandemic and severe flooding in western North Carolina – we’re behind on reaching that goal. But not as behind… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Access & Affordability, myFutureNC

UNC System signals flat tuition for 9th straight year

January 30, 2025 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (January 30, 2025) – Contrary to a national narrative of skyrocketing tuition costs, the UNC System signaled clearly this week that it intends to hold tuition flat for the 9th straight year in 2025-26. System President Peter Hans told the UNC Board of Governors this morning that low tuition is part of the UNC… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Access & Affordability, UNC System

NC Promise works. General Assembly doesn’t. Keep the Promise.

October 18, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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 adopt an updated budget this year – does not. An annual report on NC Promise, which began in Fall 2018 at Western Carolina University,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, Access & Affordability, At Risk, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, UNC Pembroke, Western Carolina University

North Carolina: Don’t miss out on funding your future

July 24, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Andrea Poole RALEIGH (July 24, 2024) – Most students in North Carolina rely on financial aid to make paying for college more manageable, and financial aid works best when families know about it early and can apply for it easily. At the state level, we’ve taken important steps to make it easier for families… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, Access & Affordability, At Risk

The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credential, and Connections

March 13, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (March 13, 2024) – Despite the ivory tower stereotype, American universities are marked by their embrace of pragmatic education. We’re the country that invented land-grant colleges devoted to “the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes,” as the lovely prose of the 1862 Morrill Act commanded. We’re a country… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, Access & Affordability, At Risk

Eight years of flat UNC System tuition

February 29, 2024 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (February 29, 2024) – One thing that’s not increasing in price these days is tuition for North Carolina college students. For the eighth year in a row, the UNC Board of Governors voted today not to increase tuition for in-state undergraduate students for 2024-25. And fees for in-state students will increase by less than… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, Access & Affordability, UNC System

Next NC Scholarships: Financial aid simplified

February 29, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Eric Johnson RALEIGH (February 29, 2024) – “How much does college cost?” is one of the more confounding questions in American life. It depends on where you attend, how you choose to live, and what kind of aid and scholarships you qualify for — all variables that add uncertainty and anxiety for families trying… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, Access & Affordability

You can’t buy excellence, but you must pay for it.

October 4, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 4 Comments

By Art Padilla RALEIGH (October 4, 2023) – The UNC System announced recently that tuition at the 16 campuses has not changed in eight years. In no small part, this reflects the deep affection North Carolinians have for their universities.  At the same time, several Board of Governors members expressed concern about the full cost… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Access & Affordability, UNC System

UNC System to hold tuition flat for 8th year

September 14, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

RALEIGH (September 14, 2023) – The UNC System will hold in-state tuition constant at its 17 campuses in 2024-25 for the eighth straight year, President Peter Hans announced today. “Low tuition is at the heart of our compact with the citizens of North Carolina,” Hans told the UNC Board of Governors. “We can only be… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Access & Affordability, UNC System

UNC System keeps tuition constant for 7th year

February 23, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (February 23, 2023) – Public officials seldom attract attention when they don’t change something for seven years.  But in an era when the public complains about the cost of higher education, the UNC Board of Governors voted today to keep tuition for in-state undergraduates at the state’s 16 public universities the same for a… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Access & Affordability, UNC System

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