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Spellings: NC public universities ‘the lifeblood of the state’

November 2, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL – Margaret Spellings gets higher education – she champions the education of a broader cross-section of North Carolinians. Regrettably, though, Spellings announced last week that she will leave next year as President of the University of North Carolina System. “North Carolina’s public universities are the lifeblood of the state,” she said as she… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, President Spellings, UNC System

A&T Cheatham-White Scholars: ‘Exceptionally talented’

October 3, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – UNC Chapel Hill has its Morehead-Cain merit scholarships. N.C. State has its Park Scholars. And now N.C. A&T State and N.C. Central Universities have Cheatham-White Scholars.1 To be considered, high-school students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 4.0, a minimum SAT score of 1280 or a score of 28 on the ACT…. READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, HBCU, Leadership, North Carolina A&T

Former BOG members on good governance

August 8, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 4 Comments

Good governance can take many shapes and forms, depending on the organization and circumstance, and is not always easy to see or detect. Bad governance is different – like many things, you know it when you see it. And what we saw at a recent meeting of the UNC Board of Governors was clearly bad… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Governance, Leadership, UNC Board of Governors, UNC System

C.D. Spangler Jr. – ‘A giant of our state’

July 26, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – Dick Spangler understood the role our public universities play in North Carolina – and why it’s essential that all North Carolinians have access to them. Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr., a billionaire businessman from Charlotte who served as president of the University of North Carolina System from 1986 to 1997, died Sunday at… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, UNC System

Harry Smith: No shortage of UNC strategic priorities

July 5, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – The new Chair of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors sees no shortage of priorities to improve the UNC System. “The biggest focus will be moving the UNC System forward where we’re behind in multiple different areas,” Harry Smith, who became chair of the board July 1, says in the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, UNC System

Harry Smith: The No. 1 online platform

July 5, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL – The new Chair of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors pictures big things from the UNC System online, not unlike the massive offerings of Arizona State and Liberty Universities. “I’m very pro-developing a robust System online platform.  Right now we compete (with each other), and we’ve never harnessed the power… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, NC Community Colleges, Online, UNC System

Spellings: Technology can help us do the job

June 13, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL – The President of the University of North Carolina System wants to see more students take advantage of online course offerings to complete their degrees and graduate on time – wherever they are. “One of the tools we’re going to have to use more vigorously and more powerfully is technology-based education,” UNC System… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, Online, President Spellings, UNC System

“The spoils will go to the better-educated”

June 8, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

NEW YORK (May 31, 2018) – Policymakers and college leaders from the across the country took the stage last week at The New York Times’  Higher Education Leaders Forum. UNC System President Margaret Spellings helped set the agenda during a morning panel about declining public trust in colleges and universities. She called for stronger accountability measures… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Diversity, EdTalks, Leadership, President Spellings

NCCCS President Hans: “People who are bettering their lives”

May 23, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH – After serving six years on the State Board of Community Colleges, Peter Hans is already familiar with North Carolina’s community colleges. “I’m truly excited about the challenge to help lead what is probably the nation’s very best community college system – 58 colleges spread throughout the state, within a 30-minute drive of 95%… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, NC Community Colleges

Hans: Community colleges ‘critical, essential’ to NC’s future

May 23, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – The NC Community College System’s new president likes to use two words to describe community colleges’ role in North Carolina’s future: critical and essential. “When I think about North Carolina’s future, we know we’ve got to expand the number of North Carolinians with education beyond high school. Community colleges are critical to achieving… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, NC Community Colleges, Rural Routes

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