CHAPEL HILL (May 27, 2021) – In a debate over whether to require students to submit SAT or ACT scores with their applications for admission in Fall 2022, access – particularly for rural students – won out. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the UNC Board of Governors that oversees 16 public university campuses… READ MORE
New beginnings for the Class of 2021
To commence means to begin. And after weathering a worldwide pandemic, commencement for the Class of 2021 indeed felt like a new beginning for thousands of UNC System graduates. AT UNC-CHAPEL HILL, Dr. Anthony Fauci and UNC alum Kizzmekia Corbett spoke to graduates and received honorary degrees. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy… READ MORE
NC community colleges to lead recovery
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s community colleges will lead the state through the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the system’s president says. Community colleges will not only retrain displaced workers – they will offer a path for high-school graduates and those seeking a career change, N.C. Community College System President Thomas Stith III says in the… READ MORE
Support community colleges to make it happen
RALEIGH – To lead North Carolina’s economic recovery, the state’s community colleges will need support from the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper, the NC Community College System’s president says. In the accompanying video, System President Thomas Stith III lays out what he calls a “moderate” agenda for this year’s legislative session. First and foremost,… READ MORE
41st? Support community college faculty, staff
RALEIGH – Raises for faculty and staff are at the top of the NC Community Colleges’ legislative agenda this year. “We’re the third-largest system in the country, yet our faculty and staff – those individuals that day in and day out provide educational instruction to our students – rank 41st in the nation (in pay),”… READ MORE
Community colleges: Affordable, accessible, high quality
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina’s community colleges will be pivotal to meeting the state’s goal of 2 million people with degrees or high-quality credentials by 2030, says UNC System President Peter Hans. “If we’re to achieve the goal of 2 million more North Carolinians by 2030, community colleges really will be at the center of that strategy,”… READ MORE
2 million educated by 2030
RALEIGH (May 5, 2021) – When’s the last time North Carolina’s K-12 public schools, community colleges, public and private universities, as well as its business, philanthropic and faith communities, all agreed on a course of action? It’s hard to recall, but that’s what they’ve done by adopting a goal to make sure North Carolinians are… READ MORE
Hans: ‘We’ve got to reach more adult learners’
CHAPEL HILL (April 28, 2021) – Birth rates dropped during the Great Recession – many families weren’t sure of their futures. And 13 years later, colleges and universities are preparing to face the consequences. The population of 18- to 24-year-olds nationwide is projected to decline in coming years, with precipitous drops in the Northeast and… READ MORE
Higher ed must get better at second chances
By Eric Johnson North Carolina is entering a strange economic moment. Less than a year after the sharpest recession in modern history, the state is poised for a booming recovery. After peaking at 13.5% in May of last year, state unemployment now stands at 5.2%. But that’s not the whole story. There are two ways… READ MORE
BOG names sports-betting exec to UNC-CH board
CHAPEL HILL (April 22, 2021) – The UNC Board of Governors voted to name an online sports-gambling executive to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees today over the objections of prominent board members. Malcolm Turner was a Morehead Scholar and a Rhodes Scholar finalist at UNC-Chapel Hill, later earning a JD and MBA from Harvard University…. READ MORE
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