RALEIGH (March 14, 2019) – The fact that average pay for North Carolina teachers now ranks 29th in the country is welcome news – the National Education Association released figures ...

CHAPEL HILL – Former UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt spent time with the Higher Education Works Foundation recently to reflect on her six years as chancellor and what the future ...

Ka’Rin Long is a first-year adviser serving with the Carolina College Advising Corps at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She serves at A.L. Brown High School in ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Last week, a group of North Carolina business, civic, philanthropic and education leaders posted an open letter to those who govern the University of North Carolina System seeking ...

GREENSBORO – Like many universities, North Carolina A&T State University is seeing increasing numbers of students choose to start at a community college, then transfer to N.C. A&T. In the accompanying ...

GREENSBORO – Some critics of public universities worry there’s too much duplication across campuses. Those folks need to take a look at all the collaborations between North Carolina A&T State University ...

By Mary Sue Coleman, PhD President, Association of American Universities As a proud alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), I have watched with dismay as the UNC ...

RALEIGH (Feb. 20, 2019) – With buy-in from all sectors of education, the business community, the governor and legislative leaders, the myFutureNC Commission announced an ambitious goal today: 2 million ...

At myFutureNC’s announcement of North Carolina’s postsecondary attainment rate goal on February 20, 2019, Governor Roy Cooper shared his vision to offer free community college in high-demand fields.

RALEIGH (Feb. 11, 2019) – Yes, rural North Carolinians are statistically older, poorer, sicker and less-educated than their urban counterparts. But the differences and the oft-bemoaned rural-urban divide aren’t always ...