- King Prather: We are all ancestors of ourselves
By N. King Prather My insides have been in knots since I heard Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, on Jan. 6, say that today is the day “we kick ass and ...Read more - Don Flow: The case for NC education investments
EDITOR’S NOTE: As state legislators returned to Raleigh recently for their 2021 session, Winston-Salem businessman Don Flow shared the following thoughts with legislative leaders. By Don Flow America is in the midst of ...Read more - ‘A reimagined university’ at UNC
CHAPEL HILL – The coronavirus pandemic certainly brought challenges to UNC-Chapel Hill. But it also prompted advances, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says in the accompanying video from a recent Zoom interview. https://youtu.be/8-5r8A5EjkI Innovations in ...Read more - December relief package to send UNC System $288 million
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 20, 2021) – UNC System schools should receive nearly $288 million from the coronavirus relief package Congress passed in December, the System’s federal liaison told members of ...Read more - Guskiewicz: In a better position
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 19, 2021) – UNC-Chapel Hill learned a few things about COVID-19 and human behavior last fall. As students resume classes today, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says in the accompanying ...Read more - Financial challenges at Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 15, 2021) – Between reduced state support over the past decade and additional spending due to the coronavirus pandemic, UNC-Chapel Hill faces substantial financial challenges. “We will have ...Read more - A prudent delay to in-person classes
CHAPEL HILL – Officials at UNC-Chapel Hill, Appalachian State and UNC-Charlotte are to be commended for holding off on resumption of in-person classes. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Provost Robert ...Read more - State leaders pay tribute to Marc Basnight
John Cole for NC Policy Watch RALEIGH – In the days following his death Dec. 28, political, education, business leaders and others across North Carolina paid tribute to former NC Senate ...Read more - Basnight helped North Carolinians for generations to come
By David RiceExecutive DirectorHigher Ed Works Marc Basnight was not formally educated. But Marc Basnight was a learned man. Basnight, the former NC Senate president pro tempore who died Monday (Dec. 28) ...Read more - 2020: Coping with COVID
Yes, it was a year like no other. More than anything, 2020 was a year of change and continuous adjustment. COPING WITH COVID Higher education in North Carolina adapted in so many ...Read more










