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
“The spoils will go to the better-educated”
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
NCCCS President Hans: “People who are bettering their lives”
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
Hans: Community colleges ‘critical, essential’ to NC’s future
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
Hans named NC Community College System President
RALEIGH (May 1, 2018) – The NC Board of Community Colleges named Peter Hans – once a member of the board himself, as well as a former chair of the UNC Board of Governors – as the new President of the NC Community College System today. Board Chairman Scott Shook said the board considered more… READ MORE
Spellings: ‘Pleased but not satisfied’
CHARLOTTE – North Carolina has built one of the finest university systems in the nation, University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings said Monday. But it can be better. “As I like to say, we’re pleased but not satisfied,” Spellings told an audience at UNC Charlotte in the first of a series of State… READ MORE
House Speaker Moore: ‘The single greatest priority we have’
WINSTON-SALEM (Feb. 28, 2018) – NC House Speaker Tim Moore voiced broad support for public education at a special gathering this week. “When it comes to our state budget, education is the single largest item, because it’s the single greatest priority that we have – and we’re going to continue to fund it,” Moore told… READ MORE
Innovations for both universities and K-12
CHAPEL HILL – There’s plenty of reform underway in public education in North Carolina, and UNC System President Margaret Spellings highlights several innovations at both universities and K-12 schools in the accompanying video. • NC Promise: The NC General Assembly has committed more than $50 million to provide in-state tuition of $500 a semester “to… READ MORE
UNC Board of Governors – Year in Review
By W. Louis Bissette, Jr. Chair, UNC Board of Governors North Carolina has a proud bipartisan tradition of building and sustaining public higher education — a cause that benefits all North Carolinians. As a native of the Old North State, I’ve been both a beneficiary and a dedicated defender of that tradition. During my time… READ MORE
Ingram and Perry: We all need to support Margaret Spellings
By ROBERT INGRAM and ROGER PERRY DURHAM – As we embark on the recruitment of Amazon, it’s important to remember an important history lesson. There’s no question our local universities played a critical role both in building Research Triangle Park and attracting major employers like GlaxoSmithKline to the Triangle. They continue to be our biggest… READ MORE
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