The story of Western Carolina University – the story of an affordable, welcoming university in the mountains that prepares its students to succeed and to serve – is one that ...

Let’s have the debate.  President Obama’s proposal to offer free community college to students with at least a 2.5 grade-point average has its skeptics – congressional leaders seem quite cool to ...

Tom Ross will step down as President of the University of North Carolina system at the end of 2015, but his reserved judicial temperament has been a stabilizing force for ...

North Carolina’s public universities have always struck a careful balance between state support and student tuition, making sure that students and their families can afford a high-quality college education. But since ...

As students across North Carolina return from winter break, those heading back to the state’s public universities have an interesting semester ahead. This spring, classes across the UNC system will challenge ...

The economy is steadily improving, but North Carolina’s public universities could still face lean times when the legislature convenes in January. The Office of the State Controller estimates that state revenue for the ...

In the second installment of our interview with Research Triangle Park President and CEO Bob Geolas, Geolas shares some eye-opening statistics about the park: 7,000 acres, 190 companies, and 60% ...

In the 1950s, officials told the mothers of North Carolina that if they didn’t support the nascent Research Triangle Park, their sons would move up north and marry Yankees and ...

CHAPEL HILL — In the largest donation ever to UNC-Chapel Hill, pharmaceutical executive Fred Eshelman is giving $100 million to the School of Pharmacy that already bears his name. “We must ...