CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 15, 2021) – Between reduced state support over the past decade and additional spending due to the coronavirus pandemic, UNC-Chapel Hill faces substantial financial challenges. “We will have ...

CHAPEL HILL – Officials at UNC-Chapel Hill, Appalachian State and UNC-Charlotte are to be commended for holding off on resumption of in-person classes. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Provost Robert ...

John Cole for NC Policy Watch RALEIGH – In the days following his death Dec. 28, political, education, business leaders and others across North Carolina paid tribute to former NC Senate ...

By David RiceExecutive DirectorHigher Ed Works Marc Basnight was not formally educated. But Marc Basnight was a learned man. Basnight, the former NC Senate president pro tempore who died Monday (Dec. 28) ...

Yes, it was a year like no other. More than anything, 2020 was a year of change and continuous adjustment. COPING WITH COVID  Higher education in North Carolina adapted in so many ...

RALEIGH – Many North Carolina families are struggling these days. But for students who want to earn college credits while still in high school, there’s a free way to do ...

CHAPEL HILL (Dec. 17, 2020) – The UNC Board of Governors chose Greenville native Philip G. Rogers today as the next chancellor at East Carolina University. “Dr. Rogers is a driven ...

RALEIGH – What’s wrong with this picture? Last year, 53% of the public school students in North Carolina were students of color – yet nearly 80% of their teachers were ...

RALEIGH (Dec. 14, 2020) – North Carolina’s State Board of Community Colleges today named Thomas Stith III, the chief of staff to former Gov. Pat McCrory, as the next President ...

RALEIGH (Dec. 4, 2020) – Record-setting astronaut and North Carolina State University alumna Christina Koch sees a one-word parallel between the first commercial flight to the International Space Station last ...