FAYETTEVILLE (February 1, 2023) – We’ve been hearing it for several years: Birth rates declined during the Great Recession, so we are approaching a demographic cliff and a decline in ...

FAYETTEVILLE (January 25, 2023) – When you have kids and a job, just getting to school can be a challenge. And Fayetteville State University is taking steps to meet that challenge. Some ...

RALEIGH (January 25, 2022) – Some folks measure the value of higher education solely by how much its graduates make. Most of us know there’s a lot more to it. In a ...

RALEIGH (January 19, 2023) – For several years, state leaders have talked about improving early literacy in North Carolina through the data-based Science of Reading. But a consultant’s report to the ...

RALEIGH (November 19, 2023) – Only through “robust resource allocation” – a polite way to say money – can North Carolina produce 50% more nursing graduates by 2028 or 2029, ...

RALEIGH (January 11, 2023) – As the NC General Assembly returns today for its 2023 session, state legislators deserve credit for one good thing they’ve done for the state’s public ...

RALEIGH (January 4, 2022) – With the elections and the holidays behind us, Higher Ed Works has some hopes for the new year. North Carolina is not investing in public education ...

RALEIGH (December 29, 2022) – 2022 has been an anxious year for North Carolina. As the nation stumbled out of a pandemic, inflation spiked, interest rates rose, shortages in the state’s ...

RALEIGH (December 21, 2022) – Our team at Higher Ed Works wishes you the warmest of holiday seasons and appreciation for all those around us, including those we don’t always ...

RALEIGH (December 15, 2022) – Governing boards of North Carolina’s public universities should reflect the state’s diversity of race, geography, gender and political thought, Gov. Roy Cooper told a commission ...