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Meeting students where they are at Moss Street

November 14, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

REIDSVILLE – One of the innovative approaches the Moss Street Partnership School uses is to ignore arbitrary distinctions of what grade a child is in. Over and over, school officials declare, “We meet students where they are.” “We don’t teach third grade here.  We don’t teach kindergarten or first grade.  We teach kids,” Christina O’Connor… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, UNC Greensboro

UNCG/GTCC/ACC: Building expectations for a 4-year degree

August 9, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – There are fancy names for the partnerships UNC Greensboro announced last week to make it easier for students from Guilford Technical Community College and Alamance Community College to transfer to UNCG and earn bachelor’s and in some cases master’s degrees.1 But for UNCG Provost Dana Dunn, it’s about building expectations – especially among… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Fayetteville State University, HBCU, NC Community Colleges, NCCU, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University

Invest in innovation – or leave it to chance?

March 22, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – One thing that makes a great university is strong state support. In the accompanying video, UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. says North Carolina has a history of doing just that. “We’re at a watershed in American public higher education,” Gilliam says.  “For so long, the states subsidized state universities at high… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, At Risk, Excellence, UNC Greensboro

Leadership Profile: UNCG Chancellor Franklin Gilliam, Jr.

February 15, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Oddly, Frank Gilliam Jr.’s path into academia started on a football field. As a senior running back for the Drake University Bulldogs, Gilliam was having the game of his life against Colorado until a fateful hit sent him over the bench with a set of broken ribs. “I sat up and said, ‘I can’t… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, Leadership, UNC Greensboro

Most diverse campus in the UNC system?

February 15, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – At UNC Greensboro, it’s a challenge to define the “typical” student. “We have perhaps the most diverse student body in the system,” Chancellor Frank Gilliam, Jr. says in the accompanying video. “It’s a fascinating campus in that way,” Gilliam says, listing non-traditional and working adults, African-Americans, LGBTQ and veterans among the student populations on… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, UNC Greensboro

UNCG: Opportunity – and excellence

February 8, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Chancellor Frank Gilliam boils what makes UNC Greensboro  great down to two words:  Opportunity and excellence. “Historically, we’ve always provided opportunity, even when it was a woman’s college,” Gilliam says in the accompanying video.  “Today, we provide opportunity to a lot of first-generation students and other students who may not (otherwise) go to college… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Adult Learners, Excellence, UNC Greensboro

‘That’s what makes college so exciting’

February 8, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – As UNC Greensboro develops a new strategic plan, Chancellor Frank Gilliam says he wants the university to focus on a few very important things to make itself better: Support for students:  “Whatever it is, we have to lower the cost for students,” Gilliam says in the accompanying video, citing increased fellowships, grants or scholarships… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, UNC Greensboro

UNCC, UNCSA, UNCG employees recognized with Governor’s Awards

September 28, 2016 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

In addition to the award for Lindsay Recchie from NC State University, employees at several other UNC system campuses were recognized Tuesday with the Governor’s Award for Excellence: Lebra Nance of UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering “radiates positivity” and treats students as if they are her own children, her coworkers and former… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2016, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, UNC School of the Arts

UNCG professor sees a Digital Zen

April 19, 2016 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Religion, we all know, is a touchy subject – but imagine how challenging it is to teach religion in a world that is both increasingly polarized and increasingly digital. Through a mixture of enthusiasm, humor, scholarship and technology, that’s where Dr. Gregory Price Grieve lives. Grieve, an Associate Professor and Head of the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2016, NC Community Colleges, UNC Greensboro

UNCG Chancellor: “We need those workers.”

January 12, 2016 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – The Connect NC bonds on the ballot in the March 15 primary election will help connect real students with real jobs. “We’re turning away 140 qualified nursing students every year,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam Jr. says in the accompanying video. “Cone Health tells us we cannot produce nurses fast enough for them… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2016, Connect NC, Economic Impact, UNC Greensboro

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