PEMBROKE – As a regional university, UNC Pembroke can’t offer a major in every subject – yet UNCP has figured out how to propel its graduates into some of the most competitive professional schools in the South. “We can’t provide every program to every student,” Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings says in the accompanying video. “And… READ MORE
NC’s public universities make the grade
When the college-raters come calling, North Carolina’s public universities stack up very, very well. In a flurry of rankings released over the past year – but particularly in recent weeks – schools in the University of North Carolina System have drawn high marks: • UNC-Chapel Hill was the 5th-ranked public university in the nation for… READ MORE
Community Colleges: ‘Partners of the business community’
RALEIGH – There’s no question community colleges are integral to economic development – both new and expanding businesses – in North Carolina. “Our work in economic development spans the spectrum,” NC Community College System President Peter Hans says in the accompanying video. “From the BioNetwork supporting life-science companies; to the Apprenticeship program, which is growing;… READ MORE
Community colleges’ multi-faceted mission
“Community colleges do so many things – it’s a multi-faceted mission,” NC Community College System President Peter Hans says in the accompanying video. “When people learn the entire list, they’re often astounded.” Hans recounts the many functions community colleges perform, including: • The two-year associate degree that prepares a student to transfer to a four-year… READ MORE
VIDEO: “Teachers who … put us on a different path”
GREENSBORO – It’s no secret – enrollment in teacher education has declined markedly across North Carolina’s public universities over the past five years. Yet nearly all of us can name a teacher who made a difference in our lives. “I think we can all go back in our early years and pick out two or… READ MORE
NC A&T: “The jobs of the future”
GREENSBORO – The Piedmont Triad region’s future is in technology, telecommunications, electronics, information technology, transportation and nanoscience, according to North Carolina A&T State University Chancellor Harold Martin. “We have core programs in those areas that are critical to the future of this region – and in my mind, critical to the state,” Martin says in… READ MORE
Brilliance in our midst
CHAPEL HILL – Aziz Sancar, the UNC-Chapel Hill scientist who just won the Nobel Prize in chemistry along with Duke scientist Paul Modrich, is paid $103,000 a year by the state. 1 And Silicon Valley venture capitalist Jim Goetz of Sequoia Capital recently told a Triangle audience that Stanford’s president isn’t looking to Harvard or… READ MORE
VIDEO: Reynolds CEO: One company’s reliance on NC higher ed
WINSTON-SALEM – Partnerships between the business world and academia take many, many forms. In the accompanying video, Susan Cameron, the President and CEO of Reynolds American, Inc., details one company’s reliance on higher education in North Carolina. Cameron describes Reynolds’ long relationship with agronomy research at NC State University, its support for scholarships at Winston-Salem… READ MORE
VIDEO: Chancellor Randy Woodson on NC State’s economic impact
Engineers. Computer scientists. High-tech agriculture. Energy. Because it is an “applied” university, NC State helps fuel today’s North Carolina economy, Chancellor Randy Woodson says in the accompanying video. “Our students get jobs. They get meaningful jobs. And it translates into value to the economy,” Woodson says. In fact, NC State pumps $6.5 billion a year… READ MORE
“Education IS Economic Development”
At a forum co-sponsored by Higher Education Works and the Harvard Club of the Research Triangle, NC Community College System President Scott Ralls describes the historic connection between education and economic development in North Carolina. “We had a governor back in the 1950s who had two crazy ideas – one was to create a major… READ MORE