EdTalks is a series of op-ed pieces from campus and community leaders about the impacts our public colleges and universities have on the lives of North Carolinians..
- House Speaker Moore: ‘The single greatest priority we have’
WINSTON-SALEM (Feb. 28, 2018) – NC House Speaker Tim Moore voiced broad support for public education at a special gathering this week. “When it comes to our state budget, education is ...Read more - UNC Board of Governors – Year in ReviewBy W. Louis Bissette, Jr. Chair, UNC Board of Governors North Carolina has a proud bipartisan tradition of building and sustaining public higher education — a cause that benefits all North Carolinians. As ...Read more
- Ingram and Perry: We all need to support Margaret SpellingsBy ROBERT INGRAM and ROGER PERRY DURHAM – As we embark on the recruitment of Amazon, it’s important to remember an important history lesson. There’s no question our local universities played a ...Read more
- Gage and Eshelman: Spellings deserves ‘full-throated support’By Hannah Gage and Fred Eshelman The importance to North Carolina of a world-class university system cannot be stressed enough. Our state’s reputation — our ability to attract new jobs and ...Read more
- UNC board needs to support Margaret SpellingsBy HUGH McCOLL Margaret Spellings came to North Carolina as President of the University of North Carolina System last year with an already-firm belief in making higher education accessible and affordable ...Read more
- BOWLES: Leading UNC into the futureBy Erskine B. Bowles President Emeritus University of North Carolina We North Carolinians are blessed to have a high-achieving, diverse University system that is admired not just across our country, but around the ...Read more
- NCCU: Mission-driven to serve as an engine of opportunityBy Johnson O. Akinleye, Ph.D. Chancellor North Carolina Central University DURHAM – The start of the 2017-2018 academic year at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) marks another milestone for the institution. As we ...Read more
- How university startups deliver an economic boost to North CarolinaHow university startups deliver an economic boost – and improve lives – in North Carolina communities By JUDITH CONE Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill If ...Read more
- “That’s fine with us.”FAYETTEVILLE – Fayetteville State University Chancellor James Anderson dismisses any suggestion that there’s something wrong with starting out at a community college. “One of the misperceptions about the relationship between a ...Read more
- UNCSA lifts the spirit – and the economyBy M. Lindsay Bierman Chancellor University of North Carolina School of the Arts WINSTON-SALEM – Money can’t buy happiness, but it buys plenty of movies and music, theatre tickets and concert passes, good ...Read more
