- McCrory: With $2B in bonds, NC is “stepping up to the future”RALEIGH (Jan. 5, 2016) – Since North Carolina’s last bond referendum 15 years ago, 2 million people – the equivalent of the entire state of Nebraska – have moved to ...Read more
- Doubling down on a winning innovation at NCSSMWhen the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics was launched in 1980, it was a completely new experiment. No state had ever created a public boarding school centered on ...Read more
- VIDEO: “Teachers who … put us on a different path”GREENSBORO – It’s no secret – enrollment in teacher education has declined markedly across North Carolina’s public universities over the past five years. Yet nearly all of us can name a ...Read more
- New UNC-P business school would meet rising student demandPEMBROKE – Business education is on the upswing at UNC Pembroke. Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings said enrollment in business programs has ballooned over the past two years, reflecting students’ increased ...Read more
- Lagging university benefits: “That’s real money”CHAPEL HILL – Stagnant pay for University faculty and staff remains a major problem in North Carolina, hampering the state’s ability to hire and keep top-tier teachers and researchers. State lawmakers ...Read more
- Ross farewell: “This treasure that truly belongs to the people”CHAPEL HILL (Dec. 11, 2015) – With dignity and grace, University of North Carolina President Tom Ross said farewell to the same board that removed him, urging its members to ...Read more
- Brewing jobs at App StateBOONE – It’s easy to make jokes about majoring in beer. But Appalachian State University has skipped past the punchline to turn its Enology and Viticulture program into a major ...Read more
- Appalachian’s newest college enhances health and life in NCThe $2 billion Connect NC bond proposal that will go to voters in North Carolina’s March 15 primary election includes $70 million for a new Health Sciences building at Appalachian ...Read more
- VIDEO: Don Flow: “The most important institution in the state.”WINSTON-SALEM – Auto dealer Don Flow is a graduate of the University of Virginia. And he stepped down this year as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Wake ...Read more
- UNCG Chancellor: “That’s who you want in the classroom.”GREENSBORO – Though he’s new to campus, Chancellor Frank Gilliam of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro knows UNCG lost a star health economist to the University of Virginia. “If ...Read more