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Making this a better world at UNC Asheville

June 14, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

ASHEVILLE – There’s a reason The Princeton Review ranked UNC Asheville as the No. 1 school in the country last year for “Making an Impact.” “Students here take it seriously,” Chancellor Mary K. Grant says in the accompanying video.  “I see that as the translation of when we’re working in the classroom and bring it out… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, UNC Asheville

“Creative collision” in Mechatronics, STEAM Studio

June 14, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

ASHEVILLE – UNC Asheville is the only institution in the University of North Carolina System that offers Mechatronics Engineering, which combines the disciplines of engineering and computer science with  design, art and sculpture. “It’s a creative collision,” Chancellor Mary Grant says in the accompanying video.  “It’s asking the question, ‘What’s the problem we’re trying to… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, UNC Asheville

State budget proposals: Still not enough

June 6, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (June 7, 2017) – When it comes to higher education in North Carolina, budget proposals adopted in recent weeks by the NC Senate and NC House both have their strengths and flaws. By stifling the urge to keep cutting taxes, the budget proposed in March by Gov. Roy Cooper would do more for higher… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, Expert Analysis, UNC System

UNC Strategic Plan: Measuring progress at FSU

June 2, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Chancellor James A. Anderson Fayetteville State University FAYETTEVILLE – The University of North Carolina, of which Fayetteville State University (FSU) is a proud constituent institution, recently unveiled Higher Expectations, the Strategic Plan that will chart the course of the system for the next five years. The UNC Strategic Plan incorporates five meta-goals and encourages… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, EdTalks, Fayetteville State University, HBCU

NC Promise: $500 a semester tuition at WCU, UNCP, ECSU

June 1, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CULLOWHEE – It was a bold move by the 2016 General Assembly – reducing tuition at three state universities to $500 a semester for in-state students, starting in the fall of 2018. Once room, board, books and fees are taken into account, Western Carolina University Chancellor David Belcher says, the NC Promise program should reduce… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, Access & Affordability, Elizabeth City State University, HBCU, UNC Pembroke, Western Carolina University

Spellings: “Make higher education our higher expectation”

May 25, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – It seems so simple – yet not everyone seems to get it. “A better educated state benefits us all,” begins Higher Expectations, the University of North Carolina System’s new strategic plan for 2017-22. “That basic truth has guided North Carolina for centuries.  It drives our commitment to public education, including our constitutional… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Access & Affordability, Leadership, UNC System

Educate for jobs or life? Spellings: “Both of those things.”

May 25, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – Anyone who’s taken the SAT knows that sometimes the answer is “all of the above.” And that’s how University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings responds in the accompanying video when asked whether universities should focus on training for specific jobs or providing a sound, flexible education. “We need to do both… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, Leadership, UNC System

ROSS: Politicians pick their voters

May 25, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

WINSTON-SALEM (May 22, 2017) – On the same day the U.S. Supreme Court struck down North Carolina’s congressional districts as unconstitutional, former UNC President Tom Ross laid out a simple way to make drawing state and national districts less partisan. “(It’s) very closely tied to the future of higher education, because it’s very closely tied… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Expert Analysis

NC’s disinvestment: More tuition, more debt, fewer teachers

May 18, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

RALEIGH – Continuing our look at North Carolina’s disinvestment in public education, a shortfall in state support has meant higher tuition and more debt for university students and fewer teachers for students in our K-12 public schools. Though higher education is a public good that benefits us all – and our state constitution requires legislators… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, At Risk, Expert Analysis, Teacher Preparation, teachers, UNC System

A long-term slide in NC education spending

May 11, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH – Since the mid-2000s, North Carolina has seen a general decline in expenditures per student in our K-12 public schools, community colleges and public universities. Likewise – despite a modest bump the past few years – the state’s rank in average K-12 teacher salaries has declined since 2000. Figures on average teacher salaries released… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, At Risk, Expert Analysis, NC Community Colleges, teachers, UNC System

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