CHAPEL HILL – As college application season arrives, thousands of students and their parents wonder what UNC Chapel Hill looks for in applicants. So the Higher Education Works Foundation asked the man whose office reviewed 35,875 applications for 4,254 positions in Carolina’s freshman class this year.1 “We’re not looking for a particular number or a… READ MORE
TOO much AP?
CHAPEL HILL – The pressure on young people to gain admission to a highly selective university is enormous – some take as many as 22 Advanced Placement courses to improve their chances. But Stephen Farmer, UNC Chapel Hill’s Vice Provost for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions, says there’s a limit to how much AP courses benefit… READ MORE
Lindsay’s gift
By David Rice Higher Education Works Foundation RALEIGH (Sept. 28, 2016) – Last October 30, Kevin Howell knew something wasn’t right. He’d had several bouts of nausea. He’d noticed an annoying metallic taste in his mouth. “I felt lousy,” he says. “I just had no energy.” Howell, who’d spent 10 years as NC State University’s… READ MORE
What makes Carolina great – and greater?
CHAPEL HILL – What makes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill great? “It’s just a joyful place,” Chancellor Carol Folt says in the accompanying video. “When the students are here, the energy and buzz on this campus is just amazing. “The research here is phenomenal. It is a biomedical juggernaut for the nation…. READ MORE
UNC-CH financial aid “the heart of who we are”
CHAPEL HILL – Access and affordability are hallmarks at UNC Chapel Hill – so much so that Chancellor Carol Folt refers to them as “part of our DNA.”1 “We do make financial aid a priority here,” Stephen Farmer, the University’s Vice Chancellor for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions, says in the accompanying video. “… Financial aid… READ MORE
A Covenant with low-income students
CHAPEL HILL – More than a decade ago, UNC-Chapel Hill was the first public university in America to guarantee low-income students they could graduate with no debt. “The Carolina Covenant is our promise to low-income students that if they work hard, they play by the rules … we’ll make it possible for them to come… READ MORE
Making “Orgo” accessible at UNC-CH
CHAPEL HILL – Few classes in undergraduate life are as dreaded as organic chemistry. It is the gatekeeper class, the prerequisite that guards pre-med majors, pharmacy programs, and a host of other high-demand scientific fields. “Orgo,” as students tend to call it, is rarely beloved. Which is one of the reasons UNC Chapel Hill… READ MORE
VIDEO: More people need more doctors
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina is now the nation’s 9th-most populous state – and more people need more doctors. One-third of the state’s physicians are expected to retire in the next four years, and the state is projected to need 1,885 more physicians by 2030. The Connect NC bond package that voters will decide on… 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: UNC-CH Chancellor Carol Folt on Access, Affordability
WASHINGTON – Speaking recently to the National Press Club, Chancellor Carol Folt of UNC-Chapel Hill described efforts to keep costs down, reach into high schools, set examples for students and support them once they go to college. “If we’re going to really make accessibility, affordability the brand for our nation, we need to do this,”… READ MORE
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