CHAPEL HILL – The President of the University of North Carolina System wants to see more students take advantage of online course offerings to complete their degrees and graduate on time – wherever they are. “One of the tools we’re going to have to use more vigorously and more powerfully is technology-based education,” UNC System… READ MORE
ECU: Leader in online education
GREENVILLE – If there’s one institution in the UNC System that’s led the way in online education, it’s East Carolina University. “We are the leader in distance learning in the state of North Carolina,” Dr. Regis Gilman, Executive Director of Continuing Studies at ECU, says in the accompanying video. “We’ve been doing it for a… READ MORE
Video: Kristi Gaddis – Teacher and Administrator Shortages
“The spoils will go to the better-educated”
NEW YORK (May 31, 2018) – Policymakers and college leaders from the across the country took the stage last week at The New York Times’ Higher Education Leaders Forum. UNC System President Margaret Spellings helped set the agenda during a morning panel about declining public trust in colleges and universities. She called for stronger accountability measures… READ MORE
Budget stokes “engine of opportunity for every North Carolinian”
RALEIGH – Raises for public school teachers and state employees are welcome, as is money to accommodate growing numbers of university students. So higher education leaders praised the 2018-19 state budget adopted last week by the NC General Assembly. The budget “builds on the UNC System’s strongest budget in a decade and provides an additional… READ MORE
“Not there without Crosby”
WINSTON-SALEM – If there’s a model for helping young North Carolinians get interested, get into and get through college – and yes, get it paid for – it’s the Crosby Scholars Partners program. Begun in 1992 by organizers of The CROSBY National Celebrity Golf Tournament and sponsored initially by Sara Lee Corporation, the program asks… READ MORE
Rural broadband can help close the “homework gap”
RALEIGH (May 29, 2018) – The NC Rural Center hears regularly from rural parents who park outside a local library or fast-food joint until 9 or 10 p.m. on weeknights – just so their children can get a WiFi signal and do their homework. “They’ve got a laptop…. They just don’t have that Internet,” declared… READ MORE
Video: Kristi Gaddis – Financial and Scholarship Aid
NCCCS President Hans: “People who are bettering their lives”
RALEIGH – After serving six years on the State Board of Community Colleges, Peter Hans is already familiar with North Carolina’s community colleges. “I’m truly excited about the challenge to help lead what is probably the nation’s very best community college system – 58 colleges spread throughout the state, within a 30-minute drive of 95%… READ MORE
Hans: Community colleges ‘critical, essential’ to NC’s future
RALEIGH – The NC Community College System’s new president likes to use two words to describe community colleges’ role in North Carolina’s future: critical and essential. “When I think about North Carolina’s future, we know we’ve got to expand the number of North Carolinians with education beyond high school. Community colleges are critical to achieving… READ MORE
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